Articles
9/27/07 - Agreement to Save PIP Won’t Benefit Consumers - Tampa Tribune
8/26/07 - Drivers
without property damage insurance may go to jail, agency says - Bonita Daily News
8/23/07 - State
hits reverse: You need property coverage - Orlando Sentinel
8/23/07 - Don't
drop car insurance yet - St. Petersburg Times
8/22/07 - Auto
Policy Must Cover Property Damage, Lawyer Says - Tampa Tribune
8/22/07 - Poll:
Do you want legislators to keep the No-Fault law on the books?
Cast Your Vote! - Miami Herald
8/21/07 - PIP
is sick -- just let it die a natural death - Orlando Sentinel
8/7/07 - Doctor
netted nearly $20,000 in bogus insurance claims, lawsuit alleges
- Bonita News
7/24/07 - Countdown
to Savings: 10 Weeks Left - PCI Press Release
7/19/07 - Chiropractor's
lawsuit alleges referral kickbacks - The Florida Times-Union
7/15/07 - Goodbye,
no-fault - Tallahassee Democrat
7/10/07 - No-Fault
Reform Has Not Worked - Tampa Tribune
6/24/07 - Sky
won’t fall if lawmakers let PIP sunset - South Florida
Sun-Sentinel
6/22/07 - Bar
Finds ‘Ask Gary’ Lawyers Broke Rule - Tampa Tribune
6/20/07 - No
fault what happens after expires? - Tampa Tribune
6/15/07 - Staged
Accidents Arrests Net 27 in Miami - Insurance Journal
6/12/07 - No-fault
insurance may hit the road - Orlando Sentinel
6/12/07 - Florida’s
no-fault disaster - Tallahassee Democrat
6/10/07 - If
no-fault insurance goes, who fares best? - St. Petersburg
Times
6/10/07 - The
end of no-fault insurance - Palm Beach Post
6/9/07 - No-fault
bill stuck in neutral - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
6/7/07 - House
speaker doesn’t like sky-high lobbying - Herald Tribune
5/10/07 - Demise
Of No-Fault Insurance Will Cut Costs For State Motorists -
Tampa Tribune
5/6/07 - No-fault
might be revived - St. Petersburg Times
5/5/07 - No-Fault
Insurance Set To Expire - Tampa Tribune
5/5/07 - Many
plans, but no more no-fault law - Miami Herald
5/5/07 - No-fault
law may go into default soon - Jacksonville Times Union
5/4/07 - Inaction
Could Save Drivers On Auto Insurance - Tampa Tribune
5/3/07 - As
no-fault debate goes on, insurers accuse 'gouging' - Palm
Beach Post
4/29/07 - No-fault
law is in jeopardy; It will expire in October unless the Legislature
extends it - Jacksonville Times Union
4/28/07 - Drivers,
it could be your fault; The state Senate loves no-fault laws,
but House lawmakers says the system is ripe with fraud - St.
Petersburg Times
4/27/07 - Vote
set on extension of no-fault insurance - Palm Beach Post
4/26/07 - Florida's
'No Fault' Law Up for Debate in Tallahassee - Orlando FOX
4/25/07 - State
House, Senate take different roads on auto insurance - Miami
Herald
3/13 - No-Fault
auto insurance battered but not ready for scrapheap - Charlotte
Sun Herald
3/7 - Bill
proposes new auto insurance coverage plan - South Florida
Business Journal
3/7 - Bill
proposes new auto insurance coverage plan - Jacksonville Business
Journal
3/3 - NAMIC
Supports Sunset of Florida's No-Fault Auto Law - Insurance
Journal
3/3 - IRC
leader: Florida no-fault system in trouble - Jacksonville
Business Journal
3/2 - Florida
Should Let The Sun Set On No-Fault Auto Insurance
- Tampa Tribune editorial
2/21 - Floridians
soon may save on auto policies – Sarasota Herald-Tribune
2/20 - Insurer
wants to cut rates - St. Petersburg Times
2/20 - State
Farm promises rate cuts if law expires – The Florida
Times-Union
2/18 - INSURANCE:
No-fault's end? A quiet, big deal - St. Petersburg Times
2/10: Crowding
killing more on roads - The Florida Times-Union
“According to the Insurance Information Institute, Florida
is the sixth-most expensive state in which to insure a vehicle.
New Jersey tops the list.
Information published by the New York-based nonprofit group
shows the average annual auto-insurance plan in Florida costs
$1,062, compared with the national average of $838.
One factor in the expense, Florida's required "no-fault"
personal-injury coverage, may become a thing of the past. Debate
is expected in the Legislature in coming months over the value
of the insurance, which is scheduled to become null Oct. 1 under
a sunset provision.
A report on the issue by the state Senate Committee on Banking
and Insurance said repealing no-fault coverage could save motorists
money and make drivers more responsible for their actions.”
1/25: Insurer
targets hospitals, no-fault law- Orlando Sentinel
“The state's largest auto-insurance company is suing
the state's largest hospital system, complaining of grossly
inflated prices for the medical treatment given auto-accident
victims.
State Farm Insurance Cos. accuses the 17 hospitals in the Orlando-based
Florida Hospital chain of marking up costs by 225 percent to
more than 1,000 percent, with the mark-ups varying widely among
the hospitals, according to the lawsuit, which was filed late
last week in Orlando.
But the State Farm suit takes aim at more than Adventist Health
System/Sunbelt Inc., the Florida Hospital system's Winter Park-based
parent company. Its sights also are fixed on Florida's 35-year-old
no-fault auto-insurance law, which the suit describes as "unconstitutionally
vague" on the critical question of what a reasonable charge
is for a given medical service.
Walter Dartland, executive director of the Consumer Federation
of the Southeast in Tallahassee, said State Farm's lawsuit will
serve a useful purpose. He thinks hospitals are charging higher-than-normal
rates under the PIP provision, and that consumers are entitled
to know what a hospital's normal and best rates are…
…Much of the industry's criticism of PIP coverage has
focused on fraud, with numerous examples cited of criminal rings
staging auto accidents, filing false claims, even operating
sham injury-treatment clinics…
…The suit details a number of examples of inflated prices
at Florida Hospital facilities that it says are based on billing
data from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Markups on radiology services, for example, were put at 905
percent at Florida Hospital DeLand, 745 percent at Florida Hospital
Orlando, 245 percent at Florida Hospital Waterman, and 1,030
percent at Florida Hospital Flagler.”
1/23: State
plans insurance arrests - South Florida Business Journal
“Dozens of individuals from Pensacola to Miami are to
be arrested this week for insurance fraud schemes the government
estimated to total at least $1 million…
…The state said its second-largest category of charges
involve auto insurance fraud, from staged accidents to fraudulent
personal injury protection (PIP) insurance claims…
… ‘Those who commit insurance fraud may think they
are only hurting insurance companies, but insurance fraud causes
real financial pain and hurts families, businesses and communities,’
said Sink, who, as CFO, oversees the department. ‘Anyone
found guilty of insurance fraud in Florida will pay for their
crime.’”
2/21/06: State Farm: Let no-fault
auto insurance end - Op-Ed
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