Understanding Assignment in Finance: Definition, Process, and Examples

An assignment refers to transferring rights or property. Learn how assignments work in options contracts and see examples of assignments in mortgages, wages, and leases.
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Assignment of Benefits Deemed Invalid Where ‘Estimate’ Contained Bundled Costs Instead of Itemized Per-Unit Breakdown

The Mold Man v. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, 33 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 136, 2025 Fla. Cty., (April 24, 2025) The County Court for Broward County in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of ...
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Contractors sue over ‘assignment of benefits’ in Florida insurance law

Federal regulations impact self-funded employer-sponsored health plans and how employers are required to act in a fiduciary capacity. Miami Herald (FL) Less than a week after Florida lawmakers rushed ...
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Second District Court of Appeal Reverses Dismissal, Upholds Validity of Assignment of Benefits Despite Disputed Payment Terms

Well Done Mitigation, LLC a/a/o Lazaro Ramirez Escalona v. Citizens Prop. Ins. Co., Fla. 2nd DCA, No. 2D2024-1259, June 27, 2025 In this appeal, Well Done Mitigation, LLC, as an assignee of Lazaro ...
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Second assignments in health litigation: Can medical debt collectors sue?

January 2, 2024 - A routine practice in health care practices is the assignment of a patient's rights to benefits ("AOB") under a health plan to the patient's provider. Often, medical providers do not ...
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Florida court rules against ‘direction to pay’ strategy in roof repair claim

A Florida appeals court sided with a lower court ruling this week that a “direction to pay” by itself does not constitute an assignment of benefits in a disputed roof-repair claim. The ruling is the ...