Florida drivers send 12K letters to lawmakers opposing PIP repeal
Stock image via Adobe. Any reforms to Florida’s auto insurance system should be focused on reducing consumer costs.
Nearly 12,000 Floridians have sent letters to lawmakers this month urging them to preserve Florida’s existing personal injury protection and “no-fault” auto insurance system.
“Florida drivers are taking action and writing to their elected officials to ask that they oppose
Logan
McFaddin, assistant vice president of state government relations for the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA). “Floridians already pay the
highest premiums in the country for full auto insurance coverage, so they are understandably concerned about any public policy changes that would push costs even higher.”
House nears no-fault repeal vote
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by John Haughey, The Center Square contributor | April 21, 2021 07:00 PM Print this article Doing away with no-fault insurance and requiring Florida drivers purchase mandatory bodily injury (MBI) coverage won’t lower Florida’s nation-leading auto insurance rates but increase them further, another auto insurer maintains.
For at least 40 percent of Florida’s 16 million drivers who don’t now have MBI coverage – about 7 million – replacing the state’s no-fault system with MBI could mean annual rate increases of $600 to $1,000, according to Don Moser, president of Amwins Specialty Auto of Florida.
“This will be most pronounced in the segment of our population with limited income, including a disproportionate impact on minorities,” Moser said in a Tuesday statement.
Polk County seeks help from Legislature in curbing Rancho Bonito
A decade ago, Polk County commissioners frustrated over their inability to curb an unpermitted off-road vehicle park wondered whether the Florida Legislature could help.
Commissioners raised the idea of expanding state statutes and giving local governments the right to seize properties deemed to be public nuisances. That might be the only option for controlling Rancho Bonito, commissioners said at the time.
One of those commissioners, Rep. Melony Bell, R-Fort Meade, is now a second-term state legislator. And the idea seems no closer to reality 10 years later.
Former County Commissioner John Hall revised the notion last year before losing a re-election bid. Hall conferred with County Attorney Michael Craig, who produced a draft for potential legislation that would amend state law covering abatement of nuisances.
Today, during a press conference at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by legislative leadership and law enforcement officials from across the state to sign the “Combating Public Disorder Act” into law. The bill, HB 1, takes a robust approach to uphold the rule of law, stand with those serving in law enforcement and enforce Florida’s zero tolerance policy for violent and disorderly assemblies. The bill comes in the wake of ongoing violence, rioting and other forms of civil unrest throughout the United States over the last two years.
Governor Ron DeSantis said, “In Florida, we are taking an unapologetic stand for the rule of law and public safety. We are holding those who incite violence in our communities accountable, supporting our law enforcement officers who risk their lives every day to keep us safe and protecting Floridians from the chaos of mob violence. We’re also putting an end to the bullying and intimidation tactics of the
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