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Editorial Advisory Board Member Sam Miller, the executive vice president of the Florida Insurance Council, outlines the industrys staggeringly ambitious legislative agenda. Success, he cautions, hinges on consensus and commitment with our industry brethren.

NICB reports a 58-percent increase in QCs in Florida in the past year alone. The number of staged/deliberately caused accidents in Tampa has lept 290 percent.

The New York State insurance superintendent said, as part of an effort to address no-fault insurance fraud, he is supporting enactment of a measure requiring mandatory arbitration for no-fault claims under $5,000.

Steve Poizner, California Insurance Commissioner and Republican gubernatorial candidate, has garnered various accolades for his strong anti-fraud stance. Unfortunately, one of his relatives may have pursued a much less noble path.

Paul Poizner, a second cousin of California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, faces 60 counts of embezzlement and auto insurance fraud.

A recent Novarica study found that improvements in claim handling was the second-most frequently cited initiative amongst P&C carriers looking to create competitive advantage.

For insurers, the current economic environment appears to have brought one thing along with it: an increase in the incidence of fraud.

A proposal by Governor Schwarzenegger to downgrade various crimes from felony to misdemeanor status is drawing heavy scrutiny.