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Insurance Reform and Competition

Senate Takes Steps Toward AOB Reform 

  Consumer Protection Coalition   On January 22, the Senate Committee on Banking & Insurance met to discuss an Assignment…

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Workers Compensation

Workers’ Comp Rates Decrease by 13.8 Percent

Automation and Employers’ Efforts to Create Safer Workplaces Produce Short-Term Rate Reduction, but Increased Attorney Fees Poised to Have Greater…

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Workers Compensation

Workers’ Comp Rates Decrease 1.8 Percent Next Month

  Join the Workers’ Comp Task Force      Learn More About Workers’ Comp   On May 1, the Florida Office…

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Workers Compensation

With No Legislative Fix In Sight, Court Reinstates Workers’ Comp Rate Increase

First District Court of Appeals Officially Reinstates 14.5 Percent Increase Just one day after lawmakers closed out the 2017 Legislative…

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Florida Chamber Calls on Florida Senate to Help Fix Pending Workers’ Comp Crisis

The Florida Chamber of Commerce today testified for a legislative fix to Florida’s workers’ compensation crisis during today’s Florida Senate…

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Workers Compensation

Workers’ Comp Rate Increase to Stay in Effect During Appeal

Yesterday evening, the First District Court of Appeals ruled that the 14.5 percent rate increase will continue to be in…

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Workers Compensation

Workers’ Comp Rate Finalized and Total Costs Resulting From Court Rulings to Top $1.5 Billion

Tallahassee, Fla. (Oct. 4, 2016) – A workers’ compensation rate increase finalized today will top more than $1.5 billion, and…

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Insurance Reform and Competition

Citizens’ Rate Increase Further Proof AOB Reform Needed

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s proposed statewide rate increases is further proof that Assignment of Benefits (AOB) abuse is hurting homeowners and…

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Workers Compensation

Florida Chamber of Commerce Testifies in Support of Job Creators and Injured Workers During Workers’ Comp Rate Increase Hearing

Cautions Regulators That a 19.6% Rate Increase Could Harm Florida’s Job Growth Competitiveness > READ Mark Wilson’s Testimony TALLAHASSEE, Fla.…

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Florida Chamber of Commerce Testimony To Office of Insurance Regulation Regarding Workers’ Compensation Rate Hearing

August 16, 2016 Thank you Commissioner Altmaier. And thank you to the Office of Insurance Regulation and Insurance Consumer Advocate…

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Insurance Reform and Competition

AOB Fraud Forces Policy Changes at Citizens Property

In Florida, there’s a rapidly growing scam in which shady home repair vendors pressure homeowners to sign away the rights…

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Workers Compensation

Workers’ Comp Rates Drop Average of 4.7 Percent for 2016

The Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) today approved an average overall rate level decrease of 4.7 percent on workers’ compensation…

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Workers Compensation

Rate Filing Shows Further Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates

Today, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), the industry’s provider of workers’ compensation analysis and rates, announced that they…

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