All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 3 2019 // The Sunshine State is one of the top three consumers of surplus lines insurance in the country. As Florida focuses on attracting jobs and welcoming opportunity, the surplus lines insurance industry is helping the...
Jul 2 2019 // A bill directing the state to work with a private marine institute to study and combat the red tide blooms that have hurt the state’s vital tourism industry and killed such wildlife as manatees, fish and dolphins...
Jul 1 2019 // Twelve current and former Miami-Dade School District school bus employees were arrested last week for allegedly filing fraudulent insurance claims totaling $426,933, according to a statement from Florida CFO Jimmy...
Jul 1 2019 // A Florida zoo has been fined more than $14,500 after a worker was injured by a 4,000-pound (1,800-kilogram) white rhinoceros earlier this year.The Florida Times-Union reported June 25 that the U.S. Department of...
Jul 1 2019 // “The lack of effective safety management at this well resulted in a needless catastrophe.”— Kristen Kulinowski, interim executive of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, comments after the release of a report...
Jun 28 2019 // A second small Florida city this month has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to hackers who took over most of its computer operations, an official said Wednesday, while a third Florida city said its data was...
Jun 28 2019 // XS Brokers (XSB), an independent insurance underwriting and wholesale brokerage group, has hired Michelle Delmonico-Longo as Business Development manager and David Hall as senior vice president, Business Development for...
Jun 27 2019 // The Florida Legislature looked at and passed many pieces of legislation in the 2019 session that will impact the insurance industry. The following are summaries of what passed — and what didn’t. HB 7065 – AOB...
Jun 26 2019 // Officials say the Florida Keys will receive $21 million for Hurricane Irma recovery, along with $35 million for affordable housing. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the money during a Thursday news conference in Marathon. The...
Jun 25 2019 // Parts of busy Interstate 75 was shut down in Florida after a sinkhole opened up. The southbound lanes were shut down just in time for rush hour traffic Friday. The Ocala Star-Banner reports the sinkhole is growing rapidly...
Jun 24 2019 // While most of the news out of the 2019 Florida Legislative Session surrounding insurance has focused on House Bill 7065 and the wide-spread assignment of benefits (AOB) reform it promises, another piece of legislation that...
Jun 21 2019 // A Florida city agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses.The Riviera Beach City...
Jun 21 2019 // An overnight fire near the Alabama-Florida state line has destroyed multiple condominiums near the beach at Perdido Key and injured a resident and a firefighter.Escambia County officials say the blaze broke out early...
Jun 20 2019 // Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors has approved a revised 2019 rate proposal that the company said reflects recent legislative changes that targets the ongoing abuse of assignment of benefit...
Jun 19 2019 // Ten individuals have been arrested in a three-day unlicensed contracting and workers’ compensation fraud sting in Pinellas County, Fla., according to a statement from Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis.The joint operation...
Jun 18 2019 // The countdown is on for Florida assignment of benefits (AOB) reform that will take effect July 1, and the insurance industry is getting ready to respond to new requirements as a result of the law as well as evaluating how...
Jun 17 2019 // Self-driving vehicles with no humans on board will be able to operate in Florida – once they’re finally ready for prime time – under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.DeSantis said he hopes to...
Jun 17 2019 // Florida-based Olympus Insurance Co. has added Nathan Kochilaris as the company’s new Southwest Florida Sales manager.Kochilaris will work under Vice President of Sales and Marketing Crystal McInnis. Kochilaris has...
Jun 17 2019 // Some 7.3 million U.S. homes with an estimated reconstruction cost of $1.8 trillion are at risk from storm surge, Irvine, California-based data analytics provider CoreLogic said in its 2019 Storm Surge Report, issued days...
Jun 17 2019 // Ryan Specialty, Atlantic SpecialtyRyan Specialty Group has acquired the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines Inc. The ASL team is now a part of R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty...