News media cover the collapse of the Surfside Condos in Miami in 2021 On June 24, 2021, Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida collapsed, killing 98 individuals and leading to the total destruction of the condominium, including 136 individual homes. (Credit: Felix Mizioznikov/Shutterstock.com)

Within one year of the infamous Surfside collapse, insurers agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle bodily injury and property damage losses. Florida thereafter enacted a tidal wave of insurance regulations, supposedly to avoid due process concerns in any future catastrophe. The state's legislative response presents an interesting case study on government efforts to curb the impact of bad faith laws as a result of lessons learned from this tragedy.

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