All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 30 2026 // Florida legislative committees approved two bills this week that could impact property-casualty insurance in the state. One would put some restrictions on litigation financing and the other would force more transparency on...
Jan 29 2026 // An Alabama insurance agent running for governor is challenging U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility to seek the office, accusing the football coach-turned-politician of not meeting the legal requirement to have...
Jan 29 2026 // Spending $7,500 on home repairs may not seem like much in 2026. But a bill approved by a Florida House of Representatives panel on Wednesday would allow construction work below that threshold without a building permit, a...
Jan 27 2026 // Kin, a direct-to-consumer digital personal lines insurer, announced the launch of auto insurance in Florida and Texas.The auto insurance is currently available as part of a bundle or as a standalone product. Home insurance...
Jan 26 2026 // For the last several years, complaints have piled up, contending that some Florida engineers have testified or have submitted reports in insurance claims lawsuits about major property damage that was somehow caused by...
Jan 23 2026 // Hot on the heels of a significant rate cut in December, Florida’s Security First Insurance has announced another average decrease for one of its homeowners products.The use-and-file decrease will average about 5.2%...
Jan 21 2026 // Trucordia, ranking in the top 20 largest U.S. insurance brokerages, has again expanded its reach, this time with the acquisition of Florida Insurance Inc. in Dunedin, near Tampa. Trucordia, based in Lindon, Utah, offers...
Jan 20 2026 // With takeouts continuing at a steady pace and more carriers working the Florida property insurance market, state regulators saw fit to more than triple the size of Citizens’ Property Insurance Corp. recent rate...
Jan 20 2026 // Bona fide expertise in Florida property insurance law is inching closer to reality, with new rules and new education initiatives.The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors in September approved proposed rules for a...
Jan 20 2026 // Insurica, one of the largest U.S. brokerages, announced it has acquired Florida-based First Light Program Managers, a wholesale brokerage and delegated underwriter specializing in trucking and marine coverage. The...
Jan 15 2026 // Registration is now open for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s Insurance Summit, set for April 15-16 in Tallahassee. Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky said the registration closes March 30 for the...
Jan 15 2026 // Florida’s orange harvest is expected to fall to the lowest in nearly a century, as shrinking groves continue to offset improvements in yields.The state is seen producing 12 million boxes of fruit in the 2025-26...
Jan 13 2026 // Florida property/casualty insurance leaders have said they are not expecting big changes from the legislature’s 2026 regular session that begins today, given the much-touted impact that 2022 reforms have already had...
Jan 8 2026 // Alphabet’s Google and artificial-intelligence startup Character.AI have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida woman who alleged a Character chatbot led to the suicide of her 14-year-old son, according to a Jan. 7...
Jan 8 2026 // A federal judge sentenced a Pembroke Pines insurance broker to almost three years in prison and millions of dollars in restitution for leading a scheme that fraudulently enrolled thousands of people—many of them...
Jan 7 2026 // Florida insurance agents and brokers can breathe at least a little easier after a state appeals court effectively reversed hefty damages in a case that had threatened to expand agents’ duties to insureds as well as...
Dec 29 2025 // Two south Florida injury attorneys, one a former insurance defense counsel, were still missing Monday after their fishing boat was found southwest of Naples with the engine still running.The FBI has joined the...
Dec 24 2025 // Miami-based City National Bank of Florida, known as Florida’s second-largest bank, has stepped into the property insurance market, offering coverage options at loan closings through a partnership with NSI Insurance...
Dec 23 2025 // Three US senators opened an inquiry into insurance ratings firm Demotech and whether its assessments may be exposing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — and ultimately taxpayers — to growing risks tied to climate-driven...
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...