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PIP Rates Projected to Decline

PIP Rates Projected to Decline

The Office of Insurance Regulation announced that rates for personal injury protection (PIP) coverage are projected to drop by an average of 13.2 percent.  This analysis is based upon on a review of the rates of 20 insurers that comprise a majority of Florida market.  It is important to note that PIP coverage makes up only a […]

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Senate Committee to Discuss Possible PIP Replacement

Senate Committee to Discuss Possible PIP Replacement

David Simmons, chairman of the Senate Banking & Insurance Company, is expected to bring up a proposal for replacing PIP with mandatory bodily injury liability insurance at today’s committee meeting.   Senator Simmons has scheduled PIP as a major part of today’s meeting, although no vote is expected on any proposal today.   Possible topics arising from an alternative proposal include bodily […]

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Fifth DCA Finds Coverage Under Auto Policy for Modified Golf Cart

Fifth DCA Finds Coverage Under Auto Policy for Modified Golf Cart

On July 5, 2013, the Fifth District Court of Appeal issued its opinion in Angelotta v. Security National Insurance Company.  The case involved an insured who was operating a leased modified golf cart on a public road when he sideswiped a car and ran into a lawfully parked golf cart operated by the injured party.  […]

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