All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 16 2019 // Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis began following up on a campaign promise to make the environment a priority by signing an order last week seeking to tackle Florida’s problems with blue-green algae in its rivers and red...
Jan 15 2019 // Berkley One, a startup insurance provider targeting the high net worth personal lines market, has expanded into Florida and Ohio.Working with select independent agents, Berkley One offers home, automobile, fine art and...
Jan 15 2019 // Miami-Dade has tens of thousands of septic tanks, and a new report reveals most are already malfunctioning – the smelly and unhealthy evidence of which often ends up in people’s yards and homes. It’s a...
Jan 14 2019 // Rodney Helton stood in a cotton field in Atmore, Ala., on a Thursday morning, just over the Florida state line, with puddles of wet, mushy soil and water gathering over his dirty boots.He reached out and plucked a sopping...
Jan 10 2019 // Florida has revoked the license of a nursing home where 12 elderly patients died in the heat after it lost power during a 2017 hurricane.The Agency for Health Care Administration issued its order Friday, saying an...
Jan 10 2019 // Orchid Underwriters Agency (Orchid Insurance), LLC, a specialty underwriter of catastrophe exposed property insurance, has hired Chris Bardusch as chief technology officer, a new position within the company.Bardusch is now...
Jan 9 2019 // Chicago law firm Corboy & Demetrio said on Tuesday it filed a lawsuit against electric carmaker Tesla Inc. alleging that its 2014 Model S sedan had a defective battery pack that caused the death of an 18-year old...
Jan 8 2019 // Florida’s new gun law is keeping courts busy, and the state Supreme Court also says lawsuits over hurricane disputes could be on the rise. The Florida Supreme Court said Dec. 28 that 100 petitions a month have been...
Jan 7 2019 // A church van packed with children was headed to Walt Disney World when it got caught in a fiery pileup involving two 18-wheelers. Seven people, including five of the youngsters, died in the crash.On Friday, investigators...
Jan 7 2019 // Ballator Insurance Group (BIG) of Orlando, Fla., and Libertate Insurance/RiskMD have merged to offer support with insurance placements and data management for professional employer organizations (PEO’s).BIG and its...
Jan 7 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Jan 7 2019 // Paramount Exclusive Insurance Services Inc. | Encino, CaliforniaJacob Barzivand started working as an insurance producer right after college at the age of 20. Now, at just 26, he’s built a sizable book of business in...
Jan 7 2019 // Lessons from Past Storms and Economic Changes Suggest Rebuilding Efforts After Florence Will Be ArduousAs the saying goes – location is everything. Following the two largest U.S. hurricanes this year, Hurricane...
Jan 7 2019 // 2019 CIWA Industry DaysJan 6-8 Hilton La Jolla Torrey PinesLa Jolla, CACIWAwww.ciwa.net2019 Big ‘I’ Winter MeetingJan 9-12 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the ArchSt. Louis, MOIndependent Insurance Agents &...
Jan 4 2019 // A Florida zoo where a toddler stumbled into a rhinoceros enclosure is suspending exhibits offering “premium” animal experiences while officials review safety protocol.The Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Fla.,...
Jan 3 2019 // Six former employees of the Florida State Fire College have sued manufacturers of firefighting suppressants used at the training facility, saying they caused cancer or other diseases.The Ocala Star-Banner reports the...
Jan 3 2019 // A Florida roofing company owner was arrested last month after allegedly attempting to defraud multiple homeowners out of more than $49,000 and working without workers’ compensation insurance, according to a statement...
Jan 2 2019 // Sheriff’s deputies in Florida have recovered a half-million dollar truckload of stolen tequila.Hillsborough Sheriff’s spokesman Danny Alvarez said in a statement that a truck driver hauling the load of tequila...
Jan 2 2019 // Strewn in gnarled piles from Florida’s Gulf Coast up through South Georgia, the livelihood of timber farmers is on the ground. And, after the ravaging buzz saw of Hurricane Michael in early October, it will be a...
Dec 31 2018 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier is urging Florida insurers to close the more than 42,000 Hurricane Michael claims that remain open nearly three months after the storm.In a Dec. 19 memorandum to all property...