# FL Agrees To Extend No-Fault For 4 Yrs 

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Lawmakers who were close to scrapping Florida‘s 32-year-old no-fault auto insurance law have agreed to give the concept another four years to work. 
   
But if the state can‘t get a handle on rampant insurance fraud, especially in South Florida, no-fault auto insurance could be junked in 2007.

To keep that from happening, lawmakers have settled on compromise legislation that gives investigators more power to attack fake claims, which drive up auto-insurance costs for honest consumers.

"That‘s what we‘re really trying to get to the heart of here . . . Consumer protection," said state Rep. Kim Berfield, R-Clearwater, the chairman of the House Insurance Committee.

Sources:
- National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (http://www.namic.org/topnews/030520_3.asp)