All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 21 2019 // State Farm has reduced its homeowners insurance rates by an average of 14.4 percent in Florida for current and future home insurance customers.The new rates went into effect May 15, 2019 for new business and July 1, 2019...
May 20 2019 // Digital insurance agency HoneyQuote.com launched a new partnership program that allows businesses across industries to use HoneyQuote services for customers to purchase homeowners insurance.As part of the program,...
May 20 2019 // A common hiring philosophy used for generations is being flipped on its head by new research from Florida State University.Screening job applicants based on their prior work experience is often a mistake among employers,...
May 20 2019 // Florida will become one of the last states to make texting while driving a primary traffic offense under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday.The new law will also ban the use of any handheld wireless...
May 20 2019 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that Baptiste Ossena, global product leader of Hull and Marine Liabilities (HML), is assuming additional responsibility as the North American regional head of HML....
May 16 2019 // Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services, a membership alliance for independent insurance agencies, has expanded into Florida and has added two Miami agencies to the group, as well as made two senior appointments in the...
May 15 2019 // J.M. Wilson has added Keith Driggers as branch manager of its newly renamed Hollywood, Fla., office.Located at 5555 Hollywood Blvd, Ste. 200, the former “Enright & Wilson” office became an official J.M....
May 14 2019 // Hurricane Michael killed seven people and caused more than $6 billion in damage in Florida in October, a toll compounded by warmer, higher seas and wetter air, the signs of climate change scientists have long warned...
May 13 2019 // A Florida bill that the insurance industry says will help modernize the state’s surplus lines system, as well as impact property insurer contracts under the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and reduce “bad...
May 10 2019 // Just hours before a pedestrian bridge collapsed and killed six people at a Miami university, engineers confirmed that cracks in the concrete structure “increased in length daily,” according to meeting records...
May 10 2019 // More Florida teachers will be eligible to carry guns in the classroom under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Wednesday that immediately implements recommendations from a commission formed after a mass shooting at...
May 9 2019 // President Donald Trump blamed congressional Democrats for a lagging federal response to the hurricane-ravaged Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, declaring that his political opponents care more about investigating his...
May 9 2019 // Assured Risk Cover (ARC) has hired Tom Freeland as Market president and investor. Freeland will be responsible for growing the revenue streams of its Florida-based StormPeace residential and commercial parametric insurance...
May 9 2019 // Florida utilities would have to come up with a 10-year plan to strengthen and bury power lines in an effort to ease post-hurricane power outages under a bill waiting to be signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. The Senate...
May 8 2019 // A component meant to slow an aircraft on landing was inoperative on the Boeing jetliner that slid off a runway into a river at a Florida military base, injuring 22 people, investigators said on Sunday.The failure of the...
May 8 2019 // Insurers will pay up to $42 million to surviving victims of a 2018 Florida bridge collapse and the families of those killed, under a deal announced Friday between the now-bankrupt construction company that built the...
May 7 2019 // Self-driving vehicles could be operated in Florida without a human on board under a bill going to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.The Senate unanimously passed the bill with no debate May 1, a move that could pave the way for...
May 6 2019 // Florida’s insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., has a new board member. Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis has appointed Bo Rivard insurer’s Board of Governors, effective immediately. His term...
May 6 2019 // The National Transportation Safety Board will evaluate a range of factors that could help explain how a Boeing 737-800 plane arriving from Cuba slipped into a river after skidding off a runway in Florida, from human error...
May 6 2019 // After seven years of failed attempts, Florida legislators passed property insurance reform to address the abuse of a policyholder benefit known as assignment of benefits (AOB).The insurance industry and consumer advocates...