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A measure that aims to reform Florida’s property insurance industry was scheduled to get its last committee stop in the Florida House on Monday, but that vote in the Commerce Committee will now take place on Friday.
What You Need To Know
Bills in Tallahassee would prevent insurance companies from having to pay full amount to replace roofs
They would make it harder for homeowners to sue insurance companies
Supporters say the legislation won’t make rates drop right away, but it has to be done
Opponents say the measure goes to far
Republican Bob Rommel says the legislation (HB 305) is vital to deal with the “crisis” in the home property insurance industry, with rates going up 15%-30% annually for insurance companies in the state with “no end in sight.”
Medical malpractice lawsuit reform sparks Chamber pushback I can tell you you’re still going to be standing at the end of the day.
Florida is the only state that excludes adult children and parents of adult children from seeking noneconomic damages for wrongful death in medical negligence cases.
And the Florida Chamber of Commerce really wants to keep it that way.
In an April 15 email to Florida House members,
Frank Walker, the organization’s vice president of government affairs, warned that the Chamber will be highlighting in its annual “How They Voted” report card where legislators stood on a measure (HB 651) that would eliminate the ban.
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Ron DeSantisâ COVID-19 response may be getting dragged through the mud by national media, but a new survey shows Florida voters are fans.
Polling firm Cygnal surveyed 800 likely general election voters in Florida and found 60% believe DeSantis has done a good job navigating the state through the pandemic. That beats the 58% approval earned by the Joe Biden administration and the 49% approval for
Donald
Ron DeSantis gets high marks for his COVID-19 response strategy.
Floridians arenât just fans of DeSantisâ plans; theyâre fans of the man himself, handing him a plus-17 job approval rating halfway through his first term. The media, which has taken to thrashing DeSantis a few times in recent weeks, earned a minus-14 approval rating from the same set of voters.
Senate poised to vote on no-fault repeal
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The move could raise rates by $165 to $876 a year.
Despite warnings from insurers and health care providers, the Senate is scheduled to take up a bill to repeal Florida no-fault auto insurance system as soon as today.
The bill (
SB 54) would end the requirement that Floridians purchase $10,000 in personal injury protection (PIP) coverage and would instead require mandatory bodily injury (MBI) coverage that would pay out up to $25,000 for a crash-related injury or death.
PIP coverage pays out regardless of which party is responsible for an accident hence “no fault” and it does so quickly. MBI coverage, however, doesn’t pay out until a fault determination is made, which can leave health care providers or patients on the hook for thousands of dollars in medical bills while they wait for a claim to resolve.