All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 28 2019 // Tropical Storm Dorian is about to sideswipe Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. And if you live on Florida’s east coast, it may be time to start gathering supplies.Chances are increasing that the storm will...
Aug 28 2019 // Los Angeles, CA, August 28, 2019 — The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers, one of the fastest growing privately held agencies on the West Coast, announced today a partnership with Moody Insurance Group of Ft. Lauderdale,...
Aug 28 2019 // American Integrity Insurance Co., a Tampa, Fla.-based home insurance carrier, has introduced a new, free home platform app designed to provide tools and information for customers to maintain their home and...
Aug 27 2019 // The Board of Directors of FedNat Holding Company, an insurance holding company, has selected David Michelson and David Patterson as candidates to serve on the board as new, independent directors.As soon as their...
Aug 23 2019 // Authorities say two motorists have been injured when their cars went airborne over a collapsed bridge span near the Florida-Georgia Line. Officials closed a short stretch of Hutchinson Ferry Road northwest of Tallahassee...
Aug 23 2019 // A Florida contractor was arrested this month for an alleged workers’ compensation fraud scheme totaling nearly $737,000, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis.Norma Lopez Cedillo,...
Aug 22 2019 // Think retreat is never an option? Think again.“Faced with global warming, rising sea levels, and the climate-related extremes they intensify, the question is no longer whether some communities will retreat—moving...
Aug 22 2019 // The Personal Insurance Federation of Florida (PIFF) has appointed Scott Matiyow as the organization’s new vice president of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs.Matiyow will serve as a lead lobbyist on property and...
Aug 21 2019 // American Integrity has appointed industry veteran Dick Dowd as executive vice president.Dowd will report to Bob Ritchie, president and CEO, and be responsible for all sales and marketing staff and initiatives. He will...
Aug 20 2019 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), an insurance brokerage and risk management firm headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has appointed Rich Thompson to managing advisor.Thompson joined BKS-Partners in 2015 as an...
Aug 19 2019 // Altamont Capital Partners, Topa Insurance GroupAltamont Capital Partners has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group from its long-time owner, Topa Equities Ltd. The...
Aug 19 2019 // Hiscox, the Bermuda-headquartered specialist insurer, has appointed Melissa Hill as head of claims in the U.S. Hill, who has more than a decade of experience in claims operations, will oversee the strategic direction and...
Aug 19 2019 // The Florida Supreme Court has reversed course and decided not to hear a controversial case regarding the validity of certain language around assignment of benefit agreements, instead ruling that a law passed by the Florida...
Aug 16 2019 // Brightway Insurance will open four new stores in Florida, South Carolina and Colorado on Monday, August 19.Alex McGregor opened Brightway, The McGregor Agency in Deerfield Beach, Fla., Lisa Jewell opened Brightway, The...
Aug 16 2019 // Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a membership alliance for independent insurance agencies, has announced that two Miami, Fla.-based independent insurance agencies have recently joined the Alliance.Gil &...
Aug 15 2019 // Brown & Brown of Florida Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of CKP.CKP provides brokerage services for customers throughout the U.S. operating in agricultural industry. In addition, CKP provides property...
Aug 14 2019 // The nation’s excess and surplus lines insurance industry is growing almost 13 percent faster halfway through this year than it did last year at this time.Mid-year premium growth reported by the 15 excess and surplus...
Aug 14 2019 // Much is being made of a recent call by Florida Insurance Commissioner, David Altmaier, for insurance companies to “redouble efforts to resolve all open claims…” related to Hurricane Michael. Here’s the...
Aug 14 2019 // The climate is changing, and it has become abundantly clear that Florida is going to be badly damaged in the decades ahead.With the state experiencing increasingly devastating effects of severe tropical weather and...
Aug 9 2019 // Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed Dr. Julia Nesheiwat as Florida’s first Chief Resilience Officer (CRO). The CRO will be tasked with preparing Florida for the environmental, physical and economic impacts of...