Insights

Florida CFO Jeff Atwater Running for FAU President

January 8, 2014

Jeff Atwater, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, is one of the 10 top candidates for president of Florida Atlantic University (FAU). The winning candidate is expected to be named by January 17, 2014. As readers of this blog...

Calling all Drivers: Eyes on the Road

January 3, 2014

Cell phone use while driving increases the risk of a crash by a factor of four, according to a new report in this week’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, titled “Distracted Driving and Risk of Road Crashes...

Florida Ranks #6 in Worst Drivers Nationally

December 27, 2013

Drivers in the sunshine state are the most careless in the country, according to survey results compiled by CarInsuranceComparison.com from multiple sources, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the...

Orlando Ranks #2 after Miami in Florida Questionable Claims, NICB Reports

December 20, 2013

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) recently released an analysis on questionable claims submitted by NICB member insurance companies from 2010 to 2012. Questionable claims (QCs) are those claims that NICB member...

Parkland Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud in Staged Accident Ring

December 19, 2013

A Parkland chiropractor, who prosecutors said approved treatments for patients who fraudulently claimed they were victims of car accidents, pleaded guilty to five criminal charges in connection with an extensive...

Three Arrested for Staged Car Crash and False Insurance Claims

December 12, 2013

West Palm Beach Police arrested and charged three people in connection with a scheme to get insurance money after staging a fake traffic accident. According to a story on WPTV News Channel 5, the three accused of the alleged...

3rd DCA Denies Millennium Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Legal Title Dispute

December 11, 2013

State Farm issued a policy to Hery Alvarez, whose mother, Josefa Alvarez, was in an accident while a passenger in her son’s car. Hery Alvarez and Josefa Alvarez lived in the same household, and Josefa Alvarez sought...

Court Grants State Farm Motion in Terlep Chiropractic Case

December 9, 2013

Defendant State Farm’s insured, Mark Kundrat, was allegedly involved in a car accident on July 9, 2009. Kundrat sought treatment for injuries sustained in the accident from Plaintiff Terlep Chiropractic. On November 22,...

11th Circuit Court Grants State Farm’s Request to Depose Imaging Center Owner

December 5, 2013

Petitioner State Farm sought to depose Respondent YH Imaging’s owner, Yamir Hernandez, as well as other individuals who allegedly performed portable x-rays in this case. Respondent YH sought to have State Farm’s motion...

Flores Home Health Care Owners Sentenced in $8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

December 4, 2013

A married couple from Miami, who co-owned and operated the now-defunct Flores Home Health Care, was sentenced on December 2 for their involvement in an $8 million health care fraud scheme. Miguel Jimenez, 43, was sentenced to...