Scott Seaman and Daniel Shatz | Insights for Insurers Earlier this month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law S.B. 76, enacting significant property insurance claim reform in the State of Florida that becomes effective on July 1, 2021. We summarize some of the highlights below. Regulation of Contractors and Public Adjusters Section One creates Florida… Continue reading Florida Enacts Significant Reform Impacting Property Insurance Claims
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A Look Inside Florida’s Recent Property Insurance Reform
John Daid Dickenson and Chad A. Pasternack | Property Insurance Law Observer Two years after implementing meaningful assignment of benefits reform, Florida enacted broader property insurance claim reform. On June 11, 2021, Governor DeSantis sign S.B. 76, which takes effect on July 1, 2021. S.B. 76 focuses on reducing insurance claim litigation by, amongst other things,… Continue reading A Look Inside Florida’s Recent Property Insurance Reform
Witnesses, Add to Your ‘Truthiness’ by Showing Pictures
Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm | Holland & Hart The idea is a merger of pop culture with academics. In pop culture, “truthiness” refers facetiously to the feeling of something being true, independent of its actual truth value (a term coined by late-night comedian, Stephen Colbert). Academics, however, have creatively adopted the term to describe the real phenomenon that… Continue reading Witnesses, Add to Your ‘Truthiness’ by Showing Pictures
Florida Senate Passes Legislation to Reform Litigation for Property Insurance Claims
Matthew Lewis | PropertyCasualtyFocus Toward the end of the 2021 Florida legislative session, the Florida Senate passed Senate Bill 76, a bill that focuses on reducing litigation related to property insurance claims and also places restrictions on companies soliciting insureds to file roof claims. At the heart of SB 76 is the implementation of a presuit… Continue reading Florida Senate Passes Legislation to Reform Litigation for Property Insurance Claims
Snapshot: Insurance Claims and Coverage in USA
Marion Leydier, Mark F. Rosenberg and William D. Torchiana | Sullivan & Cromwell Insurance claims and coverage Third-party actions Can a third party bring a direct action against an insurer for coverage? As a general rule, such direct actions are not permitted in most states absent an unsatisfied judgment against the insured. A few states… Continue reading Snapshot: Insurance Claims and Coverage in USA