All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 16 2025 // Miami-based NSI Insurance Group has acquired another Miami-headquartered brokerage, Mutual Insurance Group, adding another milestone for the company that has doubled in size in recent years. “We are pleased to...
Dec 11 2025 // A Florida House subcommittee this week approved a bill that would mandate human involvement in property insurance claims denials, a sign of the times as insurers employ more artificial intelligence on multiple fronts.House...
Dec 11 2025 // A Gadsden County, Florida, jury awarded $779 million, believed to be a record for the county near Tallahassee, to the family of a security guard who was killed at what was called an illegal internet gambling café in...
Dec 11 2025 // After years of asking for rate increases to help drive consumers to the private market and reduce its exposure, Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is now asking for a rare decrease in homeowners’...
Dec 10 2025 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will host its own insurance summit in April, calling it a chance to hear from industry professionals and regulators, Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky announced this...
Dec 9 2025 // After seeing some of the frustration that insurance agents run into, the head of a well-known south Florida agency has launched a hybrid vehicle – part brokerage and part program manager.CSMV Underwriting Managers, based...
Dec 8 2025 // Florida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling for the first time in decades off the state’s coast.A letter signed by...
Dec 5 2025 // The message from the Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit was loud and clear: Don’t mess with legislative changes that have all but restored the state’s property insurance market.And while you’re...
Dec 4 2025 // New surveys of Florida homeowners show continued concerns about property insurance, premiums and hurricanes, but policyholders seem to be breathing a little easier in recent months.A poll by Florida Atlantic University...
Dec 2 2025 // The just-ended 2025 Atlantic hurricane season surprised some forecasters after it produced no major storms that hit the United States. But the hurricanes that did arise, with most remaining offshore and one slamming...
Nov 26 2025 // Old Republic National Title Insurance Co., one of the largest title insurers in Florida, did not fraudulently transfer assets from a bankrupt subsidiary, and the bankruptcy court did not err in excluding an expert’s...
Nov 25 2025 // In a lawsuit begun more than a decade ago and which led to counter-suits, appeals to the Florida Supreme Court and attention from national tort-reform groups, a Palm Beach County jury has awarded more than $50 million to...
Nov 25 2025 // A barge carrying 192 shipping containers that ran aground in the Bahamas and was quickly looted has returned to Jacksonville, ending a stormy journey that will likely result in millions of dollars in insurance claims.The...
Nov 24 2025 // Florida Republicans, including Governor Ron DeSantis, said they oppose a Trump administration plan that could allow new oil and gas drilling in waters off the state’s Gulf Coast.The reactions came in response to an...
Nov 21 2025 // The Trump administration is proposing to open new areas off of California, Florida and Alaska to crude drilling as part of a draft blueprint released Thursday that would dramatically expand the sale of oil and natural gas...
Nov 21 2025 // Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Tim Simokonis as senior vice president within its Employee Benefits Group in the Southeast. The Florida-based consultant will serve a national client...
Nov 21 2025 // For years, I’ve warned that Florida’s legal climate was out of control — driven not by consumers or local businesses, but by a handful of billboard trial lawyers who made fortunes exploiting loopholes in our...
Nov 20 2025 // A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and others, charging that they used federal disaster relief funds for her 2021 Congressional campaign.Federal prosecutors said...
Nov 20 2025 // Florida elections officials have taken early steps under pressure from activists to advance a proposed initiative to legalize recreational marijuana to next year’s ballot, legal filings show.The procedural move comes...
Nov 20 2025 // The legal battle over Florida’s property insurer of last resort’s use of a state agency to hear claims disputes in arbitration took new turns this week, prompting one policyholder attorney to note that a move...