Insurers could demand car windshields be checked for damage before they are replaced under a Senate proposal that started moving forward to combat reported increasing cases of repair-shop fraud.
But the inspections would have to be done quickly.
|Inspections by adjusters
The bill (SB 396), sponsored by Sen. Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, was approved by the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee after being amended to require inspections occur within 24 hours in most cases and by adjusters employed by the insurers.
Hukill, who expressed concern about the attached timelines, said she will continue to work on the proposal, which has support from Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and business-lobbying groups Associated Industries of Florida and the Florida Chamber of Commerce.
|Some bad actors
"There are some bad actors out there, lots of bad actors, it's more than just a couple of people," Hukill said. "I thought this didn't affect my county. But we see them now hanging out in the car wash, the normal car wash on the main drag in my town, coming over to people and saying 'Do you want us to fix that?' "
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