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WHY DO WE HAVE PIP IN FLORIDA?

Did the Florida Legislature loose sight of the reason we have PIP? The personal injury protection (PIP) law was adopted in 1972 to make sure anyone injured in an auto accident would quickly get money to treat their injuries. The legislation provided that a driver’s insurance company pay up to $10,000...

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Details Of the New PIP Bill in Florida

Everything you wanted to know about the new pip bill in Florida but were afraid to ask. Gov. Rick Scott got the legislation he wanted to reform Florida’s mandatory motor vehicle no-fault law and crack down on the abuses in personal injury protection cases that have led to skyrocketing increases for...

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More On the New Florida PIP Bill

Lets start here, this is from the Miami Herald (see link below). United Group Underwriters, an affiliate of United Automobile Insurance Company, gave $100,000 to Scott’s Let’s Get to Work political committee. At the same time, Scott was preparing to bash the Senate’s PIP bill it passed Wednesday,...

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Florida Passes New PIP Bill

The Floirida legislature has finally come to an agreement on personal injury protection law in Florida, also known as PIP. Under the compromise hammered out Thursday and Friday, the House agreed to allow up to $10,000 for emergency service coverage as determined by a physician, osteopath, dentist,...

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PIP vs. MANDATORY BI

My good friend, State Representative,  Richard Kriseman recently wrote the following article, but I felt it was worth reprinting it here.  I totally agree with Richard and have long felt that Florida needed mandatory BI coverage.  It is a good idea to carry UM coverage as well,...

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