All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 21 2018 // Those interested in risk management are starting to take climate change a bit more seriously.The evidence is anecdotal, but for that proof one can just ask Phil Renaud, executive director for the Risk Institute at Ohio...
Jun 21 2018 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will wait until December to determine its 2019 insurance rates and whether it will approve a proposed 7.9 percent statewide increase for homeowners policies.The decision to...
Jun 20 2018 // Just six months after the punishing 2017 season battered the Sunshine State, most Floridians are still not prepared for the potential assault of another hurricane season, according to a survey by the FAIR Foundation.The...
Jun 20 2018 // Some passengers who were riding a Florida roller coaster when it derailed last week could have lifelong injuries, an attorney for three of the nine riders who were hospitalized said Monday.The riders suffered broken bones,...
Jun 19 2018 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the Florida state-run insurer of last resort, has devised a new policy requiring lobbyists seeking to lobby the insurer to register via a new online registration system.The new corporate...
Jun 18 2018 // A roller coaster that derailed in Florida had been put out of service by state inspectors twice in the past year and a half because of problems with the ride.Two riders fell 34 feet (10 meters) when their car derailed...
Jun 13 2018 // A restoration contractor company owner has been arrested over an alleged assignment of benefits (AOB) fraud scheme that impacted 19 homeowners in eight Florida counties and one Texas county, according to a statement from...
Jun 12 2018 // SUNZ Holdings, headquartered in Bradenton, Fla., has acquired Ascential Care Partners, LLC, a national URAC accredited case management and utilization review company.The purchase and associated capital contribution...
Jun 8 2018 // Officials say the number of boating accidents in Florida is rising.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission last month released its annual boating accident report that showed that there was a nearly 14 percent...
Jun 8 2018 // Floridians allowed to use medical marijuana are one step closer to being able to smoke it.Leon County circuit court Judge Karen Gievers on Tuesday lifted a stay on her May 25 ruling that the Florida Legislature’s...
Jun 7 2018 // Assured Risk Cover, provider of StormPeace residential parametric insurance, has announced that former Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has joined its board of advisors. McCarty served as Florida’s first...
Jun 7 2018 // Like thousands of other Floridians, I recently received my homeowner’s insurance renewal statement only to learn that my premium was increasing by a double-digit percentage – nearly $600 annually. But like most...
Jun 6 2018 // Whether a claim arises out of medical negligence and is subject to the presuit screening requirements of Chapter 766 of the Florida Statutes is a question legal practitioners and courts alike have struggled with for...
Jun 5 2018 // A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in an arson insurance fraud scheme that spanned multiple Florida counties and was ordered to pay $1.9 million towards restitution to the more than 14...
Jun 4 2018 // Florida’s governor and Legislature promised a dizzying array of fixes following the devastation of last year’s hurricanes. But heading into a new storm season, the state has enacted only a few changes – the...
Jun 4 2018 // American Traditions Insurance Co. (ATIC) has merged with its affiliate Modern USA Insurance Co. The two companies were launched under similar ownership shortly after the 2005 hurricane season to provide additional...
Jun 4 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurers are managing their premiums dollars better than they have in years, but those premium dollars are stagnating even as employment and wages are rising.In 2017, for the fourth consecutive...
Jun 1 2018 // Allen Owen, the mayor of Missouri City, Texas, wants to do more to protect his town from the next disaster. But the city hasn’t gotten any of the roughly $1 million in federal disaster funds he said it’s owed...
Jun 1 2018 // Authorities say at least two people were injured when a crane collapsed on two homes in a Florida neighborhood.Lauderhill Fire Rescue Capt. Jerry Gonzalez says the crane was being used to put up Florida Power & Light...
Jun 1 2018 // The 2018 hurricane season is officially underway, even as the dust continues to settle on the 2017 hurricane season — one of the costliest hurricane years on record — that brought devastation to Florida from Hurricane...