The average cost per claim of outpatient hospital care for injured workers in the Florida workers’ compensation system continued to grow rapidly and was a main driver of growth in medical payments per claim in the state, according to a …
The Return of the Efficient Proximate Cause Doctrine in Florida Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal recently revived an old debate regarding whether coverage is available for damages caused by independent excluded and covered causes in the case of Sebo …
Alarmed and angered by soaring flood insurance rates, Manatee and Sarasota residents jammed a meeting held by U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan. The Friday meeting drew several dozen people who are alarmed about a significant overhaul of the much-criticized program that …
Insurance giant USAA will add as many as 1,215 new jobs in Hillsborough County by 2019, one of the area’s biggest jobs announcements in years. The announcement was made Tuesday. The Tampa Tribune reports that to accommodate its expansion, USAA …
Five individuals were arrested following their involvement in an accident clinic sweep in Fort Myers and Port Charlotte, Fla, according to an announcement by Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. The arrests included clinic owners, massage therapists and chiropractors charged …
It’s now easier for Florida landowners to plan prescribed fires and manage wildlife habitats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in a statement Wednesday it had issued a biological opinion to the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service that streamlines the …
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is still unsatisfied about property insurance rates and wants more information about why rates aren’t dropping in the Sunshine State. This is the second time this year that Atwater has demanded answers from state …
In July 2013, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal held in Ergas v. Universal Property & Casualty that there is no coverage for tile damage caused by a dropped object. Since then, Florida’s Second and Third Districts have issued similar …
David Rodriguez Lopez, a Tampa clinic owner was convicted for orchestrating a large scale personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme in Tampa and Jacksonville, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. Lopez, who will be sentenced in November, faces …
Federal authorities in South Florida say a weeklong sweep targeting identity theft-tax fraud crime has resulted in charges against 45 people in 30 separate cases. Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer says the cases were investigated by the South Florida Identity …