All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 9 2018 // Michael is forecast to become the second hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. in a month as it heads toward Florida with winds of 90 miles per hour.The fast-moving storm has already sent cotton prices to a one-week high...
Oct 9 2018 // Florida’s governor mobilized National Guard troops and ordered Gulf Coast residents to head inland or evacuate as Hurricane Michael churned toward shore on Monday, with the storm forecast to strengthen rapidly before...
Oct 9 2018 // At least 57,000 homes along Florida’s Gulf Coast with a reconstruction cost value (RCV) of about $13.4 billion are a potential risk of storm surge damage from Hurricane Michael, according to a data analysis released...
Oct 8 2018 // The Florida Department of Financial Services Disaster Fraud Action Strike Team (DFAST) has been activated ahead of what is expected to become Hurricane Michael and will be deployed in the affected areas to protect...
Oct 8 2018 // Red tide is expected to linger along Florida’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts at moderate levels at least through early this week.Most South Florida beaches were open Friday with warnings posted about the toxic algae. The...
Oct 7 2018 // Michael, the tropical storm that’s been chugging toward the Florida panhandle, is now a hurricane, threatening to bring driving rain and high winds to the region’s agricultural and tourism industry.While Gulf...
Oct 5 2018 // A Palmetto Bay, Fla., man was arrested last month for allegedly defrauding Citizens Property Insurance Corp. of more than $30,000 relating to Hurricane Irma, according to a statement from Florida Chief Financial...
Oct 5 2018 // Florida-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, Inc. has acquired Spencer Insurance Agency LLC, headquartered in Hobe Sound, Fla.Spencer Insurance Agency has been serving the Eastern coast of Florida for over 25 years....
Oct 4 2018 // A Florida woman was arrested in August and charged with three felony counts of concealing payroll to avoid workers’ compensation premiums and two felony counts of application fraud, according to a statement from the...
Oct 3 2018 // American Traditions Insurance Co. (ATIC) has launched a renters (HO4) product in the Florida marketplace. The HO4 product will be available through independent agents currently participating with the carrier. The renters...
Oct 2 2018 // Two recent decisions from the Florida Supreme Court that reversed rulings by the same District Court of Appeal will have a serious impact on the insurance industry.The consequential rulings came on Sept. 20, 2018 in the...
Oct 1 2018 // Insurer market power matters in hospital pricing. Patients with automobile, workers’ compensation, and other non-conventional commercial insurance plans paid much higher prices than patients with HMO/PPO health...
Oct 1 2018 // Twenty individuals were arrested in Florida in a workers’ compensation insurance fraud sting operation involving unlicensed contractors in Pasco County in “Operation Hot Water,” according to a statement...
Oct 1 2018 // Maximum, an independent excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has opened its second office in Florida which will be run under the the leadership of Anthony Searcy. The new office will be based in Jacksonville. Anthony...
Oct 1 2018 // Marsh & McLennan, JLTMarsh & McLennan Inc. agreed to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson for about $5.7 billion to expand its global offering of reinsurance and consulting services. New York-based Marsh said the purchase of...
Sep 28 2018 // Texas is one of three states in which a new property/casualty insurance company plans its initial roll out.In addition to Texas, Florida-based Journey Insurance Co., formed by United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC...
Sep 28 2018 // Shortly after last year’s shooting massacre on the Las Vegas strip, Ohio Gov. John Kasich convened a panel to explore possible reforms to state gun laws.A Republican, Kasich wanted to be sure its members clearly...
Sep 27 2018 // United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC Insurance), a property and casualty insurance holding company, has formed Journey Insurance Co. in partnership with Tokio Marine Kiln.The new property and casualty insurer will...
Sep 27 2018 // Fire officials say a Florida auto shop erupted in flames when a vehicle crashed into it. Tampa Fire Rescue reports multiple people called 911 early Saturday morning to report the fire at a Havoline Express Lube shop. The...
Sep 26 2018 // Insurance industry veteran Ryan Collins, opened Brightway, The Ryan Collins Agency on Sept. 25, in Sunrise, Fla.Collins comes to Brightway with 15 years of industry experience at Progressive, Liberty Mutual, Safeco and...