Fidelity
We regularly represent our clients in actions arising from fidelity losses. Our fidelity clients call on us to assist them in Financial Institution Bond, Commercial Crime, and Employee Dishonesty claims. We have handled claims involving tens of millions of dollars and some of the most complex and sophisticated fraud schemes imaginable. We also assist our fidelity clients in recovering assets that have been fraudulently misappropriated by dishonest employees. Our attorneys are members of the American Bar Association’s Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, the National Bond Claims Association, the Surety Claims Institute, and the Gulfcoast Fidelity & Surety Institute. They are recognized national speakers on virtually all fidelity topics.
Share Page
Practice Groups
Related Attorneys
Recent News
Recent Florida Legislative Changes Impact Sureties' Exposure to Attorneys' Fees and Bad Faith Claims
A few days ago, Governor DeSantis signed House Bill 837 into law enacting sweeping tort reforms. This marks the second large scale reform to Florida law governing insurers and sureties in the last six months. In December 2022, Florida eliminated the one-way attorneys’ fees provision for property insurance claims. House Bill 837 goes further and eliminates one-way attorneys’ fees against insurers entirely. It also makes changes to statutes of limitations, comparative fault, and bad faith. The bill does, however, expressly preserve claimants’ rights to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees for successful claims against construction payment and performance bond sureties.
October 21, 2013