Florida lawmakers step closer to AOB reform

Florida's House of Representatives passed a bill designed to
curb assignment of benefits abuses that have sharply inflated
insurance costs in the Sunshine State, but whether a measure
addressing the issue will emerge from the Senate remains uncertain
with the legislative session near its end.
In a 91-26 vote today, the House moved to end excessive
litigation stemming from Florida's assignment of benefits (AOB)
law, which property and casualty carriers have blamed for adding as
much as $20,000 pe