Fla. Panel Reverses Order As To Attorney Fees In Settlement Agreement With FIGA

( January 16, 2026, 11:10 AM EST) -- MIAMI — A Florida appeals court reversed and remanded a lower court order requiring the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (FIGA) to pay the full amount of a settlement agreement between homeowners and their now-insolvent insurer in a hurricane damage coverage dispute, finding that the lower court erred in requiring FIGA to pay the attorney fee portion of the settlement agreement because it was not part of a covered claim pursuant to Florida law regarding FIGA....