The motion, which will be considered by U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor, also sought to highlight the reasons that lawmakers passed the roofing restrictions. (Credit: Oleksandr Khokhlyuk/Shutterstock.com)
On July 11, the state of Florida asked a federal judge to toss out a challenge to a law that places restrictions on roofers, stating the state's property insurance market "remains in crisis."
An attorney for the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation disputed that the law, passed in 2021 and revised during a May special legislative session, violates roofers' First Amendment rights. The revised version includes requiring roofers to put disclosures on advertising — a requirement that the lawsuit described as "unduly burdensome."
Recommended For You
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader
Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
