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Florida Senate Passes PIP Car Insurance Reform in 39-1 Vote

[Read "Florida Lawmakers Send PIP Insurance Reform Bill to Governor" for an update on this story] The Florida Senate voted 39-1 on Wednesday to approve a car insurance reform bill that had already been...Read More »

Michigan Supreme Court to Weigh Merits of ‘Joyriding’ Exception

The Michigan Supreme Court is looking on Tuesday at whether courts in the state should consider valid a “family joyriding” doctrine that makes it so that insurers have to pay for damages in...Read More »

Rhode Island Reps Introduce Consumer-Protection Bills

Twin bills recently introduced to the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives would put in place a set of protections that would ensure consumer choice when policyholders decide which body shops...Read More »

Florida House Passes Auto Insurance Reform

Florida lawmakers made significant headway in the fight to reform the state’s no-fault auto insurance system on Friday when the House voted 85-30 to approve a bill that makes big changes to what...Read More »

Mississippi and Idaho Advance Insurance Verification Bills

The Idaho House and the Mississippi House Insurance Committee have both given the OK to legislation in their respective states to set up electronic databases that would track which vehicles have...Read More »

Florida Senate’s Car Insurance Reform Measure Stays Alive

The Florida Budget Committee voted 15-5 on Wednesday afternoon to keep alive a bill that aims to reform parts of the state’s auto insurance system. Sen. Joe Negron, who authored SB 1860,...Read More »

Florida Lawmakers Continue to Push for Car Insurance Reform

A slightly modified version of the Florida House’s latest attempt at retooling the state’s auto insurance system has gotten the OK from the Economic Affairs Committee–the final...Read More »

Insurance Commissioner Touts Drop in Motor Vehicle Thefts

FBI data show that the annual number of motor vehicle thefts in Louisiana fell by more than a third between 2006 and 2010, a trend the state commissioner of insurance says could result in dropping...Read More »

Ariz. Bill Pits Personal Car Insurers Against Rental Car Agencies

The Arizona Senate may soon get to vote on a bill already approved by the Banking and Insurance Committee that would greatly reduce rental car agencies’ liability for damages caused by...Read More »