All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2018 // A new carrier has entered the Florida flood insurance market with a policy it says will provide better coverage than what is available from the National Flood Insurance Program.Ormond Beach, Fla.-based Security First...
Aug 3 2018 // The Atlantic hurricane season may have gotten off to an early start this year, but it’ll probably end with a whimper — at least when it comes to the total number of storms.Twelve named storms are likely to form...
Aug 1 2018 // While Congress works on various reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the time is ripe for the private insurance market to step up and play a greater role in providing Americans needed flood coverage.Last...
Aug 1 2018 // Josh Hite, owner of Brightway Insurance agencies in Boynton Beach, Fla., and Bluffton, S.C., is the new owner of an agency in Lake Worth, Fla., making him the first Brightway franchisee to own three stores, according to...
Jul 31 2018 // Swiss Re Capital Markets has structured and placed the issuance of $350 million of insurance-linked securities by Frontline Re Ltd. on behalf of Frontline Insurance. The transaction is Frontline’s debut catastrophe...
Jul 30 2018 // A new carrier has entered the Florida flood insurance market with a policy it says will provide better coverage than what is available from the National Flood Insurance Program.Ormond Beach, Fla.-based Security First...
Jul 27 2018 // After being number 1 for almost a quarter of a century, the Florida towns of Waldo and Lawtey are now no longer designated “Traffic Traps” by AAA.AAA’s Florida public affairs director Matt Nasworthy tells...
Jul 26 2018 // Aspen Managing General Agency, a division of Atlanta-based Allstar Financial Group, has partnered with Tower Hill Specialty (THS) to offer property insurance programs in Texas.Tower Hill Specialty offers a range of...
Jul 26 2018 // Assured Risk Cover, a provider of parametric hurricane insurance, launched a commercial insurance policy for small businesses in Florida under the StormPeace name. The policy contains all the features of the StormPeace...
Jul 26 2018 // Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty, Inc. has acquired Lakes Insurance Group, a South Florida agency specializing in commercial insurance serving thousands of South Florida business owners.With this acquisition, Seeman...
Jul 26 2018 // There’s a village in Florida where self-driving cars rule the road, and a Canadian insurance firm wants to come along for the ride.Toronto-based Intact Financial Corp. is investing $3 million in startup Voyage as the...
Jul 24 2018 // With Florida about to enter peak hurricane season, a state insurance association representing 15 insurers in Florida is hitting back against a recent report from ratings agency Weiss Ratings that identified 10...
Jul 23 2018 // Excess and surplus lines (E&S) insurance premium recorded by the 15 managing service offices in the United States increased 9.4 percent as of the 2018 mid-year point, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX)...
Jul 23 2018 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. has added Peter Stavrakos to its brokerage office in Sarasota, Fla.He will be joining the Professional Liability team where he will focus on the coverage needs of both smaller and larger...
Jul 20 2018 // Brooks Insurance Agency, a multi-line wholesaler and broker, has hired Robert Sammons as vice president and broker.In his new role, Sammons will be responsible for wholesale brokering and servicing small- and medium- sized...
Jul 19 2018 // Clegg Insurance Group and Advanced Insurance Brokerage (AIB), both in the Tampa, Fla., area – signed off on a new deal last month that will merge the companies’ property and casualty coverage portfolios.Together,...
Jul 19 2018 // “I think the number one thing the insurance industry can do is link AOB (assignment of benefits) to the impact that it’s having on the individual consumer and the huge impact it’s having on the premiums...
Jul 16 2018 // Airbnb Inc., having escaped a major U.S. landlord’s lawsuit over partying tourists at high-end Los Angeles apartments, will have to defend itself against the same allegations by the same landlord in Miami.A Florida...
Jul 16 2018 // A Trinity, Fla., man has been sentenced to five years’ probation, with the first six months to be served on home detention, for making a false statement connected to his workers’ compensation benefits,...
Jul 16 2018 // Three new property/casualty insurance companies have been approved to do business in Arkansas, the state insurance department reported. All three are based in Florida.Counting the recently accepted companies, 10 new...