All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 7 2017 // A recently fired worker from an awning company in Florida followed through with a plan to kill his former colleagues, singling out five and fatally shooting them in the head before taking his own life, authorities...
Jun 7 2017 // Maximum, an independent, Chicago-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has added Anthony Searcy to its transportation practice in the Jacksonville, Fla. area. Searcy returns to Fla. from the Kansas City area where he...
Jun 6 2017 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.It’s no surprise that residential homes in the U.S. located along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are susceptible to damage from storms and hurricanes, and data shows...
Jun 6 2017 // Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., a property and casualty insurance holding company, announced that its insurance subsidiaries, Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and Zephyr Insurance Co., have completed the...
Jun 6 2017 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved the following companies to participate in the August Citizens Property Insurance Corporation take-out period.For the Aug. 22, 2017 Personal Residential Take-Out...
Jun 5 2017 // Reinsurance rates fell for the sixth consecutive year at the June 1, 2017 renewals, according to a market commentary published by JLT Re.JLT Re cited its Risk-Adjusted Florida Property-Catastrophe (ROL) Index which fell by...
Jun 5 2017 // A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly operating a shell construction company for the sole purposes of selling the company’s workers’ compensation certificate, according to a statement from Chief...
Jun 2 2017 // The 2017 U.S. hurricane season may be here, but property/casualty insurers should be able to handle the challenges it brings, Fitch Ratings said in a new report.“Fitch currently has a negative sector outlook on the...
Jun 2 2017 // Seventeen-year-old climate activist Delaney Reynolds has a message for the insurance industry on the topic of climate change: It’s time to step up and take action against this global crisis.“Your future...
Jun 1 2017 // The owner of a business complex in Tallahassee, Fla., was arrested by arson investigators from the Florida Department of Financial Services on charges of arson and insurance fraud, according to CFO and State Fire Marshal...
May 31 2017 // Former Florida State Senator Lisa Carlton has been elected to FCCI Insurance Group’s (FCCI) board of directors, effective July 1, according to the company.Carlton is the co-owner and manager of Mabry Carlton Ranch,...
May 26 2017 // A lawn mower is being blamed for sparking a wildfire that destroyed five structures in Florida.The Naples Daily News reports that the state’s Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement concluded its investigation into...
May 26 2017 // A fire at a gas station ignited by a car slamming into a pump has killed one person in Florida. Local news organizations report the fire erupted at a BP station in Dania Beach on Tuesday night after a driver plowed into a...
May 25 2017 // An attorney for the family of singer Christina Grimmie says he will refile an amended wrongful death lawsuit against the promoter and venue where “The Voice” contestant was fatally shot.Attorney Brian Caplan...
May 24 2017 // Insurance specialists working to assist Floridians through Florida’s insurance consumer helpline recovered nearly $8.1 million in the first quarter of 2017, according to a statement from Florida’s Chief...
May 24 2017 // A small sinkhole has opened on the road just outside President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The Palm Beach Post reports that the 4-foot-by-4-foot (1-meter-by-1-meter) hole was discovered Monday in...
May 23 2017 // A South Florida woman was convicted of fraud May 3 and must serve 18 months of probation after she was caught hitting herself in the head with a ceiling sprinkler at work.The incident happened in October 2015 at...
May 22 2017 // A man riding a motorcycle hit an alligator that was crossing a rural Florida road, throwing him from his bike.The Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release that 27-year-old Calun Nelson was riding his motorcycle south...
May 22 2017 // The Florida fund that helps private insurers pay out claims after a hurricane continues to be in strong shape ahead of storm season.Estimates prepared by Raymond James show the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund will have...
May 19 2017 // The parents of an unarmed man fatally shot by a Florida sheriff’s sergeant at the family’s nursery announced Monday that they have agreed to a $2.5 million settlement and called for the reopening of a criminal...