Blue ballpoint pen and a home insurance claim form on a clip board. A blank / empty form is waiting to be filled and signed by a policyholder / insured person. When the loss occurred, the policyholder had the right to sign away his or her rights to recover benefits under her policy and to also recover one-way attorneys fees. After the assignment of benefits statute was amended, the homeowner no longer had the right to assign away attorneys fees. (Photo: ssguy/Shutterstock.com)

Florida's state-backed insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corp. recently secured a win at the Fourth District Court when it upheld a Palm Beach Circuit ruling against a third-party contractor who sought insurance benefits after conducting repairs for a homeowner.

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Melea VanOstrand

Melea VanOstrand oversees the Daily Business Review as ALM's Florida Bureau Chief. Email Melea at [email protected] or follow her on her Twitter or Facebook pages.

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