Insurance
Auto insurance companies serving the Florida market are hoping that the state courts lift a ban on portions of the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) reform law of 2012. On September 25, 2013, the Insurance Journal reported that Florida’s First District Court of Appeals recently heard oral arguments in the case [McCarty v. First DCA 13-1355]. This […]
According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, an average of 625 crashes took place EACH DAY on Florida roadways in 2011. A recent study by the Insurance Research Council also found that the odds that at least one party involved in an accident in Florida is an uninsured motorist (UM) or […]
On January 1, 2013, changes to the Florida PIP (Personal Injury Protection) Law went into effect. Accident victims now have only 14 days to seek medical care after an accident. In the past, no time limit to seek medical care was imposed. The Florida Legislature approved these changes with the intent of preventing insurance fraud. But the […]