Florida Senate Bill 2A introduces amendments to enhance prompt pay laws for property insurance claims, emphasizing timely communication, transparency, expedited investigations, and electronic methods. These changes aim to protect homeowners, streamline the claims process, and ensure fair resolutions, ultimately providing greater peace of mind during challenging times.
What happens when, due to a negligent error by the insurance broker, a business suffers property damage that is either not covered, or not fully covered, by what the insured thought was an insurance policy they purchased through the broker to cover the risk? Can the insured look to its […]
The Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) are two pro-consumer statutes. Businesses should be aware of each statute. Oftentimes, consumer lawyers bring claims for technical violations of the statutes, even when there are not any real damages suffered by a consumer. When […]
The Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) are two pro-consumer statutes. Businesses should be aware of each statute. Oftentimes, consumer lawyers bring claims for technical violations of the statutes, even when there are not any actual damages suffered by a consumer. When […]
The Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) are two pro-consumer statutes. Businesses should be aware of each statute and how to defend against such claims. Many times, consumer lawyers bring claims for technical violations of the statutes, or even when there has […]
The Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (FCCPA) is a pro-consumer statute. As such, businesses need to be aware of the statute and the risk and liability of the statute. Given the pro-consumer nature of the statute, one big consideration for defending against FCCPA claims is how to shift risk to […]