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DES PLAINES, Ill., Feb. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Insurance Crime Bureau and its Florida law enforcement partners, with strong support from Florida state and local legislative and political leaders and the insurance industry, have worked diligently for several years to meet the challenges presented by criminals who have attacked Florida's no-fault insurance program with non-stop acts of fraud.
This wave of personal injury protection (PIP) fraud first appeared in south Florida years ago, and NICB was quick to respond by opening the first of its medical fraud task forces in Weston, Fla., in 2002. The task force model was successful and led to the creation of six more around the nation, including Florida's second located in Hillsborough County.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cars collided in full view of Florida's highest ranking officials today (see end of release for links to download b-roll and interviews) at the Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy, showcasing the dangerous crimes of insurance fraud through staged accidents. Florida continues to lead the nation in staged accidents and abuse of the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) system. Today's training exercise put on by the Florida Highway Patrol was done in an effort to educate Floridians on the problem of staged accident fraud.
Viewing how easy it is to fake an auto accident is sickening," Governor Rick Scott said at a news conference after the demonstrations. "If there was any shred of doubt left in any legislator's mind, this exercise has surely dem...
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M. Best Company
Raymond Thomson, ARM, 908-439-2200, ext. 5621
..., as a result of the adverse trends in personal injury protection and bodily injury loss experiencce in the Florida personal automobile market, which led to significa...
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... investigative efforts with regards to Personal Injury Protection claims in Florida. Expense Ratio...
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TAMPA, Fla., May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office issued more than 50 arrest warrants stemming from its five-month investigation, "Operation No Pain No Gain." The probe, aided by Direct General Insurance Company, arrested clinic owners and managers, as well as general employees from four Tampa medical clinics. Criminal charges range from Conspiracy to Commit Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO), a first-degree felony, to Filing False and Fraudulent Insurance Claims.
The recent busts come less than two weeks after the conclusion of 2011 Florida Legislative Session. During the session, Personal Injury Protection (PIP) reform proposals (HB1411 & SB1930) were supported by law enforcement, state officials, insurance industry and consumer advocate g...
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The 2012 Colorado Legislature has passed, and the governor has signed, Senate Bill 12-035 - "concerning limited liability for spaceflight activity.
The purpose of this new law is to give protection against personal injury lawsuits to companies engaged in commercial spaceflight - notably horizontal take-off spaceflight - and thereby encourage such companies to locate in Colorado. As the first section of the bill points out, Colorado already has the second largest aerospace workforce in the country and eight of the country's top aerospace contractors have significant operations in Colorado. Plus, the bill suggests, starting a spaceflight from a location a mile above sea level gives spacecraft an advantage over, say, Florida or Texas.
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M. Best Co.
Kenneth Tappen, 908-439-2200, ext. 5248
... to an increase in loss severity in Florida's personal injury protection coverage. In addition...
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