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Understanding The Use Of Experts In Florida Subrogation Cases

Understanding The Use Of Experts In Florida Subrogation Cases

Florida property subrogation is big business. It has the third-most automobiles on the road, behind California and Texas. It has the most condominium units of any state—by a country mile.
October 29, 2020 Education & Training Subrogation Florida

Surveillance Video Spoils Man’s Slip-And-Fall Claim

Surveillance Video Spoils Man’s Slip-And-Fall Claim

A man from Riviera Beach is accused of insurance fraud after surveillance video tripped up his story and demand for more than $250,000.
October 22, 2020 Fraud Florida

Bad Faith: Judge Orders Insurer To Pay $900,000 For Denying $15,000 Stolen Car Claim

Bad Faith: Judge Orders Insurer To Pay $900,000 For Denying $15,000 Stolen Car Claim

Calling its employees’ conduct “flagrant, deceitful and outrageous,” a Lehigh County judge on Thursday levied $900,000 in punitive damages against an insurance company that denied an Allentown couple’s stolen car claim in 2016.
October 16, 2020 Auto Litigation Florida

Florida Court Upholds Coverage For Doctor Office’s COVID-19 Business Interruption Claim

Florida Court Upholds Coverage For Doctor Office’s COVID-19 Business Interruption Claim

In another win for policyholders, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida on September 24, 2020 denied Sentinel Insurance Company’s motion to dismiss the policyholder doctor office’s claim for COVID-19 related business interruption coverage.
October 14, 2020 Litigation Florida

Body Shop Lawsuits Against Insurers Dismissed By U.S. District Court In Florida

Body Shop Lawsuits Against Insurers Dismissed By U.S. District Court In Florida

Two shops have ended lawsuits filed against insurers that had been transferred to a U.S. District Court in Florida that has been overseeing dozens of similar lawsuits.
October 9, 2020 Auto Litigation Florida

Firefighter’s Conflicting Stories Gave Probable Cause For Arson, Insurance Fraud Charges

Firefighter’s Conflicting Stories Gave Probable Cause For Arson, Insurance Fraud Charges

A Brevard County firefighter was arrested after investigators said he lit his home on fire in an attempt to defraud his insurance company, according to an affidavit from the Florida Bureau of Fire, Arson and Explosives Investigations.
October 8, 2020 Fraud Property Florida

Intense Hurricane Delta Threatens Louisiana And Florida

Intense Hurricane Delta Threatens Louisiana And Florida

Hurricane Delta, the 25th named Atlantic storm this year, is moving toward the Gulf of Mexico and expected to take aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast this week as a major hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said.
October 6, 2020 Catastrophe Property Florida Louisiana

Tropical Storm Delta Approaches Gulf Coast With Hurricane Potential

Tropical Storm Delta Approaches Gulf Coast With Hurricane Potential

Newly formed Tropical Storm Delta could make landfall as a hurricane in the northern Gulf Coast later this week, forecasters warned, while Tropical Storm Gamma killed at least six people after coming ashore in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula over the weekend.
October 5, 2020 Property Alabama Florida Louisiana Mississippi Texas

Hurricane Sally Could Drive $3.5B Industry Loss In US, Says RMS

Hurricane Sally Could Drive $3.5B Industry Loss In US, Says RMS

Catastrophe risk modeller RMS has estimated that total insured losses from Hurricane Sally in the US will be between $2.0 billion and $3.5 billion.
September 24, 2020 Auto Catastrophe Property Alabama Florida Georgia

Hurricane Sally: Significant Flood Damage But Moderate P/C Losses, Moody’s Says

Hurricane Sally: Significant Flood Damage But Moderate P/C Losses, Moody’s Says

On 16 September, Hurricane Sally made landfall on Wednesday near Mobile Bay, Ala., and the western portion of the Florida Panhandle as a Category 2 storm with destructive winds of 105 mph, causing significant rain and storm surge.
September 22, 2020 Auto Property Alabama Florida Georgia North Carolina South Carolina

Sally Moving Slowly Northeast, Creating Flood Threats Inland After Causing Havoc On Coast

Sally Moving Slowly Northeast, Creating Flood Threats Inland After Causing Havoc On Coast

The remnants of Hurricane Sally are dropping torrential rain on southeastern states — and its center was still in Alabama early Thursday, more than 24 hours after making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane. The storm has brought rainfall that is being measured in feet, not inches, in many places.
September 17, 2020 Property Alabama Florida Georgia South Carolina

Hurricane Sally Swamps Gulf Coast With Massive Floods, Torrential Rain

Hurricane Sally Swamps Gulf Coast With Massive Floods, Torrential Rain

Hurricane Sally uprooted trees, flooded streets and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses on Wednesday as the powerful storm brought “historic and catastrophic” flooding to the Alabama-Florida coast, the National Hurricane Center said.
September 16, 2020 Auto Property Alabama Florida

Hurricane Sally Could Bring Historic Flash Flooding Along Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Coasts

Hurricane Sally Could Bring Historic Flash Flooding Along Mississippi, Alabama, Florida Coasts

This year’s hurricane season is on pace to be the most active of all time, so it’s no wonder that the tropics remain very busy. The National Hurricane Center now sees four named storms and seven active systems in the Atlantic storm basin.
September 15, 2020 Catastrophe Property Alabama Florida Mississippi

Florida Home Torched With Gasoline After Insurance Policy Was Increased To Over $1M

Florida Home Torched With Gasoline After Insurance Policy Was Increased To Over $1M

A Jay man charged with arson and insurance fraud is accused of drastically increasing the coverage of his home’s insurance policy not long before dousing the house in gasoline and setting it on fire.
September 11, 2020 Fraud Property Florida

Workers’ Comp COVID-19 Claims Get Refused

Workers’ Comp COVID-19 Claims Get Refused

New data suggests that slightly over 40% of the workers’ compensation claims filed in the state of Florida were refused by insurers, even though a good portion of the claims were made by first responders and healthcare professionals working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 31, 2020 Workers' Compensation Florida
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