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Eleventh Circuit Upholds Silver Star PIP Fraud Judgment

August 13, 2013

The Silver Star judgment was affirmed by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in a ruling dated August 6, 2013. The case is State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Silver Star Health & Rehab, No. 12-12181. A central issue was...

Medicare Fee Schedules Must Be Disclosed in PIP Policies

August 8, 2013

The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled in Geico General Insurance Company v. Virtual Imaging Services, Inc. that insurance companies offering PIP policies must notify their policyholders if they plan to use Medicare-based...

Nominate FLPIPGUIDE.com for the ABA Blawg 100

August 7, 2013

The ABA is giving blog readers a chance to vote for their favorite law blog as part of the ABA Blawg 100 annual selection process. Known as “Blawg Amici,” these friend-of-the-blawg briefs are short testimonials from...

PIP Clinic Owner Arrested for Improper Campaign Donations

February 28, 2013

Florida Wellness & Rehabilitation Center owner, Mark Cereceda, surrendered Friday to charges of illegal campaign donations throughout Florida. The owner of the Hialeah injury clinic, a chiropractor himself, donated over...

“Operation Never Ends” Leads to Closure of Two Clinics, Multiple Arrests

December 17, 2012

“Operation Never Ends,” the multi-organizational investigation organized by Miami police, the Secret Service, local and state agencies and insurance companies, has led to the closure of two clinics involved in staging...

Insurance Information Institute Comments on PIP Premium Changes and Significance of the January 1, 2013 Effective Date of 2012 PIP Law Changes

October 24, 2012

Tampa Bay Fox 13 recently featured a segment regarding the effect of House Bill 119, the 2012 PIP law change, on PIP premium rates. Lynne McChristian of the Insurance Information Institute, shed some light what appears to...

Eight Arrested for Staging Accidents in Miami-Dade County, Connections to Six Different PIP Fraud Rings

September 5, 2012

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Atwater, announced Tuesday that eight individuals involved in multiple staged accidents in Miami-Dade County were connected to six different PIP fraud rings. The press release...

Property Casualty Insurers Association of America: Allow the New PIP Law Adequate Time to Take Effect to Achieve its Full Potential

August 27, 2012

Donovan Brown, state government relations counsel for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), recently issued a statement in response to the Office of Insurance Regulation’s (OIR) recent analysis of...

Owners of Sky Imaging, North Miami Beach Arrested Friday, More Than $1.5mil in Fraudulent PIP Claims

August 13, 2012

On Friday authorities arrested arrested Robbie N. Chamoun, 30, and Nazih Boulos Chamoun, 74, owners of Sky Imaging located in North Miami Beach for alleged PIP fraud. The two are accused of operating an unlicensed accident...

11 Additional Palm Beach County Defendants Charged In Staged Accident Fraud Scheme

June 19, 2012

According to a June 18, 2012 FBI press release from Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field...