All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 29 2019 // Insurance Office of America has added operational leader Robert J. Peters to its Longwood, Fla., headquarters.Peters joins IOA’s growing team as senior vice president of insurance operations, a newly created...
Jul 26 2019 // Pensacola Bay Oyster Co. posted photos on Instagram of more than 35 empty bags that were tossed into a wooded area along the beach in East Bay on Tuesday. They’re offering a reward for information that leads to the...
Jul 25 2019 // Boca Raton, Fla.-based Nsure.com has launched an online, digital home and auto insurance agency in Florida that offers comparison quotes from more than 25 insurers.The new, fully-licensed company’s technology gives...
Jul 24 2019 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued the owner of multiple McDonald’s restaurants in Central Florida for violating federal law for refusing to hire a job applicant who would not shave his...
Jul 24 2019 // In the past five years, all 50 states have experienced some type of flooding. Flooding has led to disasters throughout the decades, and this year, it is expected to become unprecedented yet again. Despite a long history of...
Jul 22 2019 // Florida survives on tourism, but a decade ago thousands of visitors made frequent trips to the state not to visit its theme parks or beaches. Instead, they came for cheap and easy prescription painkillers sold at...
Jul 18 2019 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Birmingham, England-based Hettle Andrews & Associates Ltd. The transaction is subject to customary approval by the Financial Conduct Authority and the deal terms have not been...
Jul 17 2019 // Floridians are on alert as the state heads into peak hurricane season after three straight years of being impacted by major storms.Meanwhile, the Florida Panhandle continues its recovery from Hurricane Michael that...
Jul 17 2019 // Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc.’s Chairman and CEO Sean P. Downes has taken on the role as executive chairman, beginning July 15. The Universal Insurance Holdings Board has appointed current Chief Operating...
Jul 16 2019 // A Florida appellate court ruled that the state’s approach to regulating marijuana is unconstitutional, possibly allowing more providers to jump into a market positioned to become one of the country’s most...
Jul 16 2019 // Harden, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits firm in the Southeast, has formally expanded into the South Florida market with the opening of an office in Fort Lauderdale.The firm currently serves many clients...
Jul 15 2019 // Olympus Insurance Co. has appointed James “Jim” Carpenter as assistant vice president of Sales and Marketing. Jim Carpenter Carpenter has more than 20 years of experience in the property & casualty...
Jul 15 2019 // A former Miami insurance agent has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $1.7 million in insurance premiums from two insurance premium finance companies, according a statement from Florida CFO Jimmy...
Jul 12 2019 // The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) has appointed Mark Friedlander as its new Florida-based communications consultant.Friedlander was most recently a communications consultant at the Insurance Institute for...
Jul 11 2019 // Authorities say a fire at a SpaceX facility in Florida caused damage to equipment, but no injuries were reported.News outlets report it happened Monday afternoon in Cocoa. City officials say firefighters responded quickly...
Jul 11 2019 // Susan Wollenberg has been selected to serve as chief financial officer for Windhaven Insurance and The Hearth Insurance Group, according to Jimmy E. Whited, CEO of the Florida-based companies.Wollenberg will be responsible...
Jul 10 2019 // AM Besthas revised the outlooks to stable from positive and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” of Capacity Insurance Co. based in Sunrise,...
Jul 9 2019 // The Hurricane Center says a tropical depression is likely to form in the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the week.Forecasters in Miami said that a trough of low pressure over central Georgia is forecast to move southward...
Jul 9 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based Stonehenge Insurance Solutions, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 2007, Stonehenge Insurance Solutions offers commercial...
Jul 7 2019 // A vacant pizza restaurant exploded Saturday in a thundering roar at a South Florida shopping plaza, injuring more than 20 people as large chunks of concrete flew through the air.The blast flung debris widely along a busy...