In this day and age, healthcare is always a hot topic, especially when it comes to medications and insurance companies. Now, a Florida consumer group is urging the public to be wary of prescription drug “switching” that can reduce the cost of a medicine, but also result in a substitute drug with a different [...]

Today’s South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports about homeowners who are choosing to “go bare” when it comes to windstorm coverage after seeing their property insurance double, or in some cases triple, after the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons. The added prospect of having to shell out money for repairs after paying insurance premiums for years [...]

The 2008 hurricane season is just three weeks away, and forecasters are predicting a well above average season with 15 named storms, eight hurricanes, and four intense hurricanes. This week, the Orlando Sentinel reminded homeowners to check their insurance policies to make sure they have enough coverage for damages that might occur during a [...]

Allstate Insurance Co. has filed a motion with Florida’s First District Court of Appeal requesting a rehearing of an opinion the court issued on April 4 lifting a stay of its suspension to write new business.
In January, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulations (OIR) banned Allstate from writing new insurance policies in Florida because the [...]

Recently, a successful Central Florida business executive and his wife were out for a Sunday motorcycle ride when they were hit by an uninsured motorist who ran a red light. Despite wearing helmets, the two suffered severe injuries that left them hospitalized for months. Adding insult to injury, the couple unknowingly had rejected [...]

The insurance defense industry is at it again, this time using a controversial psychology test called the Fake Bad Scale to provide evidence that plaintiffs are lying about their injuries. However, psychologists and others believe the Fake Bad Scale identifies too many real victims as malingerers, people who exaggerate their symptoms to win judgments in [...]