Florida Panel Affirms Judgment For Insurer In Settlement Payment Dispute

( November 20, 2025, 2:53 PM EST) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  — A Florida appellate court on Nov. 19 affirmed a lower court ruling granting judgment on the pleadings for an insurer in a putative class action over the alleged failure by Citizens Property Insurance Corp., which describes itself on its website as Florida’s “insurer of last resort,” to pay statutory interest with a settlement payment, finding that the insured failed to assert a breach of the settlement agreement....