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Second DCA Upholds Multiple Assignments

Second DCA Upholds Multiple Assignments

Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal has upheld the ability of a policyholder to make multiple assignments under a homeowners insurance policy.  Nicon Construction v. Homeowners Choice Property and Casualty Insurance Company involved a policyholder’s issuing assignments of benefits to two separate vendors.  The insurer argued that upon the policyholder’s assigning the policy rights to […]

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Session Might Bring Updated Trade Secret Process

Session Might Bring Updated Trade Secret Process

The insurance industry should stay tuned in the 2018 session for potential updates to Florida’s trade secret laws.  Insurers are familiar with Section 624.4213, which creates a process for protecting information submitted to the Office of Insurance Regulation or the Florida Department of Financial Services.  Although the current law has been helpful in creating a […]

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Court Sides With NCCI, OIR in Workers’ Compensation Rate Dispute

Court Sides With NCCI, OIR in Workers’ Compensation Rate Dispute

Florida’s First District Court of Appeal reversed a Leon County circuit judge’s order in its entirety and sided with the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) in upholding a 14.5% workers’ compensation rate increase. NCCI submitted rate filings to OIR responding to Florida Supreme Court decisions invalidating […]

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PIP Challenge Over….For Now

PIP Challenge Over….For Now

The Florida Supreme Court has announced that it will not hear an appeal relating to the 2012 revisions to Florida’s Personal Injury Protection law.  This means the reforms remain in effect.  The reforms have been taken into account in insurers’ rate filings, so the Supreme Court’s decision keeps the legal reforms in line with the […]

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