Insights

Overreaching Assignments & Their Impact on Your Claims Handling

January 8, 2018

Recently, there has been an uptick in changes to the language in the assignment of benefit contracts which emergency mitigation companies are having Insureds sign....

Palm Beach Post Receives National Recognition for Insurance Fraud Coverage

December 27, 2017

Washington-based policy and research group, Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, has awarded its inaugural journalism award for fraud reporting to The Palm Beach Post for its work on fraud in the sober-home industry. The...

Ringleader Pleads Guilty To His Role In $23 Million Auto Insurance Fraud Crime Ring

December 20, 2017

According to the Sun Sentinel, Felix Filenger of Sunny Isles, pleaded guilty this week to his role in an elaborate crime ring that operated at several South Florida chiropractor clinics. The fraud totaled at least $23 million...

Florida Man Arrested for False Insurance Claim

December 18, 2017

Insurance Journal has reported that a Florida man, Claude Milhomme, was arrested for attempting to file a false insurance claim for his vehicle. According to the Department of Financial Services’ Disaster Fraud Action...

UPDATE – Pilot Theodore R. Wright III Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud

December 14, 2017

UPDATE – Pilot Theodore R. Wright III Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud According to KLTV 7 of Texas, Theodore R. Wright III, the well-known pilot who survived a 2012 Gulf of Mexico crash and used an iPad to record his...

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit of Injured NJ Driver Who Maintained FL Insurance Policy

December 6, 2017

A New Jersey judge has ruled that Jeffrey Scholes, a man living in New Jersey but driving a car registered and insured in Florida, may not sue another New Jersey driver for injuries he sustained in a car accident. Judge...

Attorney Fee Multipliers in PIP and the Search for a Guiding Lodestar

November 16, 2017

In October 2017, the Supreme Court again addressed the issue of contingency fee multipliers to awards of attorneys’ fees. Personal Injury Protection (PIP) Plaintiff attorneys felt a tinge of delight and perhaps delayed...

Panama City Woman Sinks SUV for Insurance Money

November 1, 2017

According to the Panama City News Herald, 65-year-old Debra Jenkins has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud after having her SUV driven into a lagoon and pretending that the vehicle was stolen. The police had...

Florida Man Caught Staging Crash on Dashcam

October 16, 2017

According to the Sun Sentinel, a Florida man was arrested on Friday, October 6th in connection with an alleged staged crash that occurred in December of 2016. 65-year-old Mauril Aldophe of Delray Beach plotted to force a tow...

Florida Supreme Court Issues Order Extending Legal Time Limits for Miami-Dade Courts

October 10, 2017

On September 19th, the Florida Supreme Court issued an administrative order extending all time limits through close of business on Monday, September 18, 2017....