All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 26 2018 // A county on Florida’s Panhandle has voted to take out a $50 million bond to help recover from Hurricane Michael.The News-Herald reports that Bay County Commission voted Nov. 20 to use the money to cover debris...
Nov 21 2018 // Developer Jeff Lamkin knew the risks when he paid $250 million for 63 acres of an island off the Texas coast. But he saw only upside in the quaint little beach town of Port Aransas.Over the next 10 years he built Cinnamon...
Nov 21 2018 // A U.S District Court in Florida’s ruling could have wide-reaching effects with respect to an insurer’s duty to defend commercial general liability policyholders in data breach cases resulting from the acts of...
Nov 20 2018 // Ryan Insurance & Financial, a DeLand, Fla.-based independent insurance firm, has merged with S.S. Nesbitt Insurance, located in Clermont, Fla. The merger was finalized on October 1, 2018.Headquartered in Birmingham,...
Nov 20 2018 // It has been just over a month since Hurricane Michael slammed the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 hurricane with wind speeds reaching just shy of Category 5 status.The devastation from the storm that killed at least 35...
Nov 16 2018 // A Michigan man who pled guilty to participating in a multi-state staged auto accident/insurance fraud scheme has been sentenced to prison, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.Marvin David Ramirez, 45, of...
Nov 15 2018 // Florida-based workers’ compensation carrier Normandy Insurance Co. has promoted Laura Lieberman to vice president of Sales and Marketing, effective immediately.In this role, Lieberman will oversee corporate...
Nov 14 2018 // Maximum, an independent, Chicago-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has hired Jeff Livingston as a producer. He will be based out of Maximum’s growing office in Tampa, Fla. Originally from Georgia, Livingston...
Nov 13 2018 // A revised workers compensation rate filing for a 13.8 percent decrease by the National Council on Compensation Insurance has been approved by Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier.The amended filing to NCCI’s...
Nov 9 2018 // AmeriTrust Group, Inc.’s retail agency subsidiary Meadowbrook Insurance Agency has acquired Sarasota, Fla.-based Carol P. Rummel Insurance Agency, (dba Signature Insurance Agency), effective Oct. 29th, 2018.As part...
Nov 9 2018 // Utilities are reporting that all power has been restored in the Florida counties devastated by Hurricane Michael. The utility companies and cooperatives reported Tuesday to the Public Service Commission that they had zero...
Nov 7 2018 // Florida workers’ compensation rates are going down again next year, the third decrease in the two years since significant Florida Supreme Court decisions created concern and uncertainty over future of the...
Nov 7 2018 // SOBC DARAG, the joint venture formed between SOBC, the US-based run-off specialist, and DARAG, the leading legacy acquirer, has completed of its first acquisition of Peachtree Casualty Insurance Co. of Florida.The...
Nov 5 2018 // Authorities say a fire broke out in a South Florida nursing home, injuring two residents and a staff member.The SunSentinel reports more than 100 people were evacuated when the fire started in a resident’s room after...
Nov 5 2018 // Windhaven Insurance has named John D. Rosilier as chief financial officer of the Miami-based auto insurance carrier, according to Jimmy E. Whited, CEO of Windhaven Insurance & The Hearth Insurance Group.In this new...
Nov 5 2018 // In an effort to keep the Florida assignment of benefits (AOB) crisis from further worsening in the state, Florida’s insurance industry, regulators and consumer advocates are on high alert for AOB activity in the wake...
Nov 2 2018 // Hurricane Michael left a snowy landscape of ruined white cotton on Georgia’s red clay, destroying a crop and likely bringing hard times to the region’s many small communities built on agriculture.When the storm...
Nov 1 2018 // A Florida man says the autopilot feature of his Tesla vehicle failed to detect a disabled car on a highway, leading to a collision that left him with permanent injuries, according to a negligence lawsuit filed...
Nov 1 2018 // Total estimated insured losses from Hurricane Michael have reached more than $2.1 billion, according to the most recent data from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.The current number of claims from Hurricane...
Oct 31 2018 // U.S homeowners insurers saw an increase in both the number of losses and the percentage of those losses that resulted from an extreme weather event during 2017. According to a LexisNexis Home Trends report, loss costs...