All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2019 // Insurance Office of America has added Shanna N. Olsovsky to its team in the southwest Florida region as a commercial risk advisor. With more than 15 years of experience, Olsovsky handles all lines of property and casualty...
Oct 21 2019 // Tropical Storm Nestor was downgraded Saturday after it spawned a tornado that damaged homes and a school in central Florida but spared an area of the Panhandle devastated one year ago by Hurricane Michael.The storm,...
Oct 21 2019 // Florida’s attorney general announced Wednesday that she will investigate more than 20 vaping companies that sell the products in the state, saying there’s a growing epidemic of teens using the e-cigarettes.In a...
Oct 21 2019 // The Hilb Group, Damiano Agency, Handy-Apple ValleyThe Hilb Group LLC has acquired Rhode Island-based Damiano Agency. The transaction became effective July 1, 2019. For more than 30 years, DA has been delivering property...
Oct 18 2019 // A disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico is likely to become a tropical storm that will hit the northern U.S. Gulf Coast with wind and rain, forecasters said Thursday.Moving off the eastern coast of Mexico, the low...
Oct 18 2019 // Florida’s emergency management agency has hired a mental health expert to coordinate services after catastrophes.Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis on Wednesday said that Darcy Abbott has been hired as Florida’s...
Oct 17 2019 // It’s been just over a year since Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle, devastating the region as a Category 5 storm with 161-mph winds and causing more than $7.2 billion in estimated insured...
Oct 17 2019 // Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis has been appointed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Advisory Council (NAC) by Acting Administrator Pete Gaynor.The NAC is an advisory...
Oct 16 2019 // The sunsets are a sight to behold in Joe Leonard’s neck of the woods these days. A year ago, lush stands of towering pines obscured the horizon, he said as he drove his pickup along a dusty Florida Panhandle road....
Oct 16 2019 // I recently read an article on Claims Journal about licensing for public adjusters. Here it is.Public Adjusters Winning Broad Support for Licensing as Carriers Fret About Inflated Claims Let me quote from a paragraph that...
Oct 16 2019 // A nudge into the market by carriers offering private flood insurance is becoming more of a shove, which might bring new opportunities for claims adjusters and maybe create a more efficient claims process along the way.An...
Oct 15 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida-based The Doyle Group, Inc. and its affiliates, collectively doing business as Direct To PolicyHolder (DTPH). Terms of the transaction were not...
Oct 15 2019 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) is has added Charity A. Moser to its growing team in Southwest Florida. She joins the new Bonita Springs branch location as a risk management consultant. Moser is a licensed Florida...
Oct 11 2019 // A year after Hurricane Michael, the Florida county hardest hit by the Category 5 storm is still in crisis: Thousands in Bay County are homeless, medical care and housing are at a premium, domestic violence has become a...
Oct 11 2019 // Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis has appointed Bo Rivard as the chair of the Citizens Board of Governors, effective immediately.Rivard has served on the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of...
Oct 9 2019 // Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed eight individuals to Florida Cybersecurity Task Force, according to a statement from the governor’s office.The Florida Cybersecurity Task Force is tasked with reviewing and...
Oct 8 2019 // Scientists say toxic red tide is back in the waters off the Florida southwest coast after fading away earlier this year following a 15-month bloom.Biologists at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute said Friday...
Oct 7 2019 // Florida personal lines insurer Florida Specialty Insurance Co. (FSIC) has been ordered into receivership and will be liquidated after state regulators determined the company is insolvent and unable to establish a viable...
Oct 7 2019 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Doug Johnson Insurance, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Headquartered in Gainesville, Fla., Doug Johnson Insurance is an independent insurance agency...
Oct 7 2019 // Florida-based Acentria Insurance has been busy since its founding by industry veteran Kendall McEachern in 2010. The personal and commercial lines agency has acquired several agencies and now has 50 locations and more than...