Florida Peninsula Insurance Company won just one point on appeal – but that point, on prejudgment interest, is one claims teams should note.
On June 19, 2026, Florida’s Sixth District Court of Appeal ruled on the insurer’s challenge to a trial court’s attorneys’ fees award. The case reached the court from the Circuit Court for Lee County. The opposing party was SFR Services, LLC, which appears in the case as an assignee under an assignment of benefits – an arrangement where a policyholder signs over the right to collect insurance money to a contractor or vendor.
According to the opinion, the fees had been awarded in Florida Peninsula’s favor, and the insurer challenged that award. The appellate court affirmed the trial court “on all issues raised without comment, except one.” That single exception is the story…