Almost five years after Florida lawmakers clamped restrictions on assignment-of-benefits agreements and two years after they effectively outlawed AOBs altogether, state appeals courts may have finally put an end to one creative way that had been used in attempts to get around the law.
Florida insurance industry advocates said some players, though, will likely continue to seek new mechanisms to skirt the laws that took away what was once a highly lucrative business model for a number of contractors and policyholder attorneys.
“I’m sure they’ll still come up with a way to try and get