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 ...

The pressure to close a deal can cause companies to overlook or cursorily dismiss important issues concerning insurance. However, as part of the due diligence process, the nature and scope of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...