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Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know

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Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational risks for insurers operating in Florida. With the enactment in 2023 of House Bill 837—a sweeping tort-reform measure—there are important changes to how insurers...more

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Eleventh Circuit expands Florida’s Powell Doctrine

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The Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Kinsale Insurance Company v. Pride of St. Lucie Lodge 1189, Inc., -- F.4th ----, 2025 WL 1142094 (11th Cir. Apr. 18, 2025), has significant implications for the good faith standard...more

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Attorneys’ Fee Amount and Multiplier Reversed by Appellate Court

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Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company v. Medero, Fla. 3d DCA, No. 3D24-0338, February 19, 2025 - The Third District Court of Appeal reversed and remanded the initial fee award entered by the trial court: $150 per...more

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Breaking it Down: What Florida Insurers Need to Know about Bad Faith After Tort Reform

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Bad-faith litigation is a hot topic in Florida following the passage of the new tort-reform measure known as House Bill 837. However, even in the face of reasonable legislative changes, it remains important for insurers and...more

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Navigating the New Pre-Suit Notice Requirements for Property Insurance Carriers Set Forth in Fla. Stat. § 627.70152. to Leverage...

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By now, property insurance carriers and their counsel are likely familiar with Senate Bill 76, in which the Florida Legislature finally codified long-needed changes to the current property insurance litigation framework. The...more

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How a Little-Known Senate Bill Could Help Stem the Tide of Bad Faith Litigation in Florida

On January 14, 2020, Senator Jeff Brandes (R) introduced Florida Senate Bill 1334: Financial Services (SB 1334)[1], which would add two additional requirements to Florida Statute 624.155’s civil remedy notice provision: ...more

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Florida 4th DCA Reiterates Insurers Negligence Not Enough to Sustain Bad Faith Claim

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Directs Judgment to be Entered in Favor of Insurer - In GEICO v. Harvey, (Fla. 4th DCA Jan. 4, 2017), Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal held that the trial court erred in denying the insurer’s motion for directed...more

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