Posts tagged Insurance

• New Change to HIPAA Protects Patient’s Genetic Information

  C. Todd Alley | October 13, 2009 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  On October 1st, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new interim rules protecting patient’s genetic information from being used against them. The new rules come as...

• Dirty Little Secret in the Health Care Insurance World Is Exposed

  Jim Clark | June 23, 2009 8:00 AM | 1 CommentTampa Bay, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Health insurance policy holders would expect to be paying an insurance premium so that they are protected in the event of serious illness. But that’s not always the case when...

• Allstate Allowed to Write Policies in Florida Again

  Shannon Weidemann | January 23, 2008 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Last week Allstate was ordered by the Florida state insurance commissioner to stop writing insurance policies after their refusal to answer state subpeonas. The subpeonas were issued in an investigation into why Allstate wanted to raise their rates by 41.9 percent. Then on Friday the Court of Appeals issued an injuction allowing Allstate to write insurance policies again. Before the ruling,...

• Florida Supreme Court Overturns Flood Ruling

  Shannon Weidemann | September 22, 2007 3:19 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Damage from the 2004 Hurricanes in Florida brought about disputes between homeowners and insurance companies about what caused damage to homes. Conventional insurance companies pay out for wind damage and separate flood insurance policies pay for flood damage. Earlier court rulings said that insurance companies were responsible for flood damage. The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that...

• Protecting the Private Insurance Industry Rather than Children

  Staff Writer | August 21, 2007 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Bush Administration is trying to restrict SCHIP (State Children's Health Insurance Program) from covering children whose families fall with 250% of the federal poverty guidelines. This new move comes after years of allowing these children to receive public health insurance. If the Administration is successful, millions of children will be left without insurance because their families can't...

• Florida No-Fault: Pros and Cons

  Staff Writer | June 12, 2007 2:45 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Legislature decides October 1st, 2007 if the personal injury protection (PIP) part of the Florida no-fault auto insurance law will "sunset" after being in use for 36 years. If PIP is not renewed, drivers will no longer be required to buy the minimum $10,000 coverage for PIP and will be able to bring law suits against other drivers in auto accidents. The proponents of getting rid of PIP,...

• I Like No-Fault Insurance Because State Farm Does Not

  Bob Carroll | February 21, 2007 5:15 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  One advantage to practicing law in Florida for over 36 years is the perspective you have of automobile insurance in our state.Prior to 1972 the No-Fault system and coverage did not exist. The insurance industry in Florida and across the nation did not like that situation. It argued for the need to enact restrictions on the right to sue for damages as a result of an automobile accident and to...

• Annuities Sometimes Are Unwise Investments

  Bob Carroll | December 18, 2006 1:26 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  When is an annuity a scam played on the purchaser? I nominate the circumstances of this purchaser's dealings with an insurance agent in New Port Richey.The Great Annuity Rip-Off Seven years ago, when Alice Bouchard was 85 and needed her money to be easily accessible, an insurance agent sold her a deferred annuity that tied up her money until she was 101. If she had needed to withdraw the money...

• Civil Justice For Florida's Injured Snowbirds

  Bob Carroll | December 18, 2006 7:23 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Last week I was working on a personal injury claim on behalf of two Canadian citizens who were visiting in Florida when they were involved in an automobile accident. This week I believe my calendar shows two matters involving injured snowbirds from northern states. The fact is that Florida, perhaps more than any other state, has lots of out-of-state residents on its roads. And, as a result,...

• How Good Is Your Primary Care Doc And Your Health Insurance Company?

  Bob Carroll | November 03, 2006 5:50 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Gooznews.com asks a question all of us should answer.How Good Is Your Primary Care Physician?Everytime I hear or read that the U.S. health care system is the best in the world, I wonder why we wind up so low on so many basic indicators like longevity and infant mortality. A study out today that focuses on primary care -- that first interface with the health care system -- helps explain why.A...