All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Oct 2 2019 // Insurance Office of America has added Christopher Claypool to its expanding team in the southwest Florida region. He joins the Fort Myers team as a commercial risk advisor. Claypool has more than a decade of experience in...
Oct 2 2019 // Better keep your hands off that cellphone if you are driving near a school or through a construction zone in Florida.As of Tuesday, it is against the law to hold a cellphone while driving in those places. Florida earlier...
Sep 30 2019 // A leak of thousands of gallons of water from a rooftop pool has displaced 250 people from a Florida apartment building. Authorities say the water began pouring from sprinkler heads and light fixtures Friday night at The...
Sep 27 2019 // The biggest city devastated by Hurricane Michael last fall has had a recent series of sewage leaks, and local officials say it will cost more than $200 million to repair its sewage and water systems.Television station WMBB...
Sep 24 2019 // Florida regulators were expected to issue one of the largest fines against a hospital in recent memory.The Tampa Bay Times reports that Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital could face a total of $804,000 in...
Sep 24 2019 // Monarch E&S Insurance Services, a division of SPG Insurance Solutions, a full-service MGA and wholesale broker, has opened a new branch in Florida. The new branch is part of the company’s plans to expand its...
Sep 20 2019 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will ask the Legislature to increase fines for local governments that pollute state waters and give the Department of Environmental Protection more power to enforce pollution laws. DeSantis...
Sep 20 2019 // Police in South Florida say thieves stole up to $80,000 in merchandise from a wig warehouse.The owner of Prime Trading Hair and Wigs told detectives in Miami Gardens that he was notified overnight Tuesday that the alarm at...
Sep 19 2019 // Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Co. has appointed appointment of Lisa B. Thompson to general counsel, vice president of Legal & Compliance. Prior to joining Gulfstream, Thompson served as senior vice...
Sep 18 2019 // Board members of an Iowa government insurance program have frequently held public meetings at posh out-of-state resorts, costing tens of thousands of dollars while making it harder for the public to attend, a review by The...
Sep 17 2019 // We Insure Group has expanded its executive team with two new hires – Chris Pflueger has joined as chief development officer and Peter Crowe as chief revenue officer. Chris Pflueger Pflueger will execute strategies to...
Sep 16 2019 // Florida is cracking down to ensure school districts, state colleges and state universities are protecting students’ Social Security numbers.In the past two years, state auditors have found that at least one-third of...
Sep 16 2019 // Insurance broker Aon has appointed Jay Demeusy as U.S. vice chairman of its Reinsurance Solutions business. Alongside his new role, Demeusy will continue to chair the newly formed Global Construction & Inland Marine...