Florida Organizations Inspired To Pursue Tort Reform

After property insurers got long-sought legal changes in a December special legislative session, business groups see an opportunity to curb litigation in other areas such as auto insurance.

With this year’s regular legislative session starting March 7, Associated Industries of Florida brought together lawmakers, lobbyists and representatives of business groups to discuss a series of ideas for reducing lawsuits and legal damages.

Brewster Bevis, president and CEO of Associated Industries, said this is the ‘right time to really put together a good tort-reform package.’ In part, businesses are buoyed by expected support from Gov. Ron DeSantis, Senate President Kathleen Passidomo and House Speaker Paul Renner after the property-insurance changes in December.

‘We really have a perfect situation and a lot of wind at our backs to get really meaningful tort reform done,’ Bevis said during the event at a conference center at Florida State University.