Using your life insurance policy as collateral is one way of securing a loan without the risk of using your home or car. Most loans are either secured or unsecured, and while an unsecured loan does ...

In Florida and other states, a post-loss assignment of insurance benefits (or AOB) has become commonplace and a hot-topic issue. The typical scenario is that after suffering a loss, the insured ...

Parties to a contract generally can include in their agreement a provision preventing assignment of the agreement’s rights and remedies without the consent of both parties. Because a party’s ...

Less than a week after Florida lawmakers rushed to make property-insurance changes, a contractors group Tuesday filed a constitutional challenge that targets a new restriction on attorney fees in ...

After an overseas assignment is decided, a question suddenly comes to mind.If I get injured while working over there, can I use Japanese workers' compensation insurance?The answer is 'it depends on ...

Think about the last time you went to the emergency room. You filled out paperwork for each health-care provider (physician, anesthesiologist, etc.), and your insurance company dealt directly with ...

Carriage Services, Inc. has announced an expanded partnership with Express Funeral Funding (EFF), aimed at enhancing their offerings in insurance assignment funding. This collaboration will leverage ...

Federal regulations impact self-funded employer-sponsored health plans and how employers are required to act in a fiduciary capacity. Miami Herald (FL) Less than a week after Florida lawmakers rushed ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – After repeated legislative battles about the issue in recent years, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that will revamp the controversial insurance practice known as ...

The Florida Supreme Court has reversed course and decided not to hear a controversial case regarding the validity of certain language around assignment of benefit agreements, instead ruling that a law ...

After trying and failing for seven years, the Florida legislature this year passed sweeping legislation to reform the insurance industry practice known as assignment of benefits (AOB). After trying ...

Law360, New York ( November 16, 2015, 10:02 AM EST) -- In Florida and other states, a post-loss assignment of insurance benefits (or AOB) has become commonplace and a hot-topic issue. The typical ...