All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 30 2017 // SUNZ Insurance Company, a large deductible workers’ compensation carrier, has promoted Karen Bolinder from director of Financial Operations to chief operating officer.In her new position, Bolinder will be responsible...
Jun 29 2017 // Authorities say an 84-year-old Florida doctor is accused of illegally distributing $10 million worth of pain pill prescriptions.Dr. Williem Ouw was arrested June 15 and held in a Fort Lauderdale jail until his release...
Jun 29 2017 // American Integrity Insurance Group (AI), a Florida-based insurance provider, has unveiled a private flood insurance option for homeowners.AI is one of nine Florida-based insurers to offer its own flood program that...
Jun 28 2017 // In its recent ruling that the cap on noneconomic damages for personal injury awards or settlements in medical negligence cases was unconstitutional, the Florida Supreme Court ignored why these caps were put into place—to...
Jun 27 2017 // Gov. Rick Scott has tapped Jimmy Patronis, a member of the Florida Public Service Commission and a former Florida State Representative, as Florida’s next chief financial officer, according to a statement from the...
Jun 26 2017 // As Congress tries to figure out how to change the federal flood insurance program to encourage more private insurer involvement, one insurer isn’t waiting to wade deeper into the private flood insurance business....
Jun 26 2017 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation Friday to implement the medical marijuana amendment voters approved last year.Amendment 2, approved by 71 percent of the voters in November, took effect on Jan. 3 and required...
Jun 23 2017 // A highly contagious bacterial disease that seriously threatens the U.S. citrus industry has been found for the first time in Alabama.Federal and state plant officials confirm that citrus greening was found in leaf and...
Jun 22 2017 // Tropical Storm Cindy churned slowly on Wednesday across the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected landing on the Texas-Louisiana border, after claiming the life of a vacationing child and threatening to bring flash floods from...
Jun 22 2017 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) has purchased the Employee Benefits Practice, Major Accounts Group, and captive and alternative risk financing units of Slaton Risk Services, based in West Palm Beach, Fla. These assets,...
Jun 22 2017 // Six men have been charged in two separate cattle thefts at a Florida pasture, and authorities are trying to find eight missing cows.Polk County Sheriff’s officials say four cows and four calves were stolen in April...
Jun 21 2017 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater is leaving his job at the end of the month.Atwater turned in his formal resignation letter to Gov. Rick Scott last week. Atwater announced back in February that he planned to...
Jun 21 2017 // Homeowners in South Florida, as well as in many other parts of the state, should expect additional rate increases next year from the state-run insurer of last resort.Citizens Board of Governors approved recommended rates...
Jun 20 2017 // A bolt of lightning started a fire that damaged 12 apartments in Florida. Orlando Fire Department spokeswoman Ashley Papagni told the Orlando Sentinel that lightning struck the attic of one apartment in the complex Friday...
Jun 20 2017 // DTRT Insurance Group, Inc. (Do The Right Thing) has acquired Insurance Authority, Inc., a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage firm based in Sunrise, Fla.Insurance Authority has been serving the residents of...
Jun 19 2017 // A Florida city says a former employee stole money to get a butt lift. A Gainesville city report released Wednesday said Natwaina Clark stole $93,000 from the city, using $8,500 on the cosmetic surgery. The Gainesville Sun...
Jun 19 2017 // Caps on how much money patients injured by a doctor’s mistakes can receive were declared unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court June 8, a decision that strikes down one of former Gov. Jeb Bush’s major...
Jun 19 2017 // Daytona Beach, Fla.-based insurance brokerage firm Brown & Brown will pay $100,000 and furnish significant relief to resolve a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Jun 15 2017 // A Florida state Court of Appeal reversed the dismissal of a claim for negligent procurement of property insurance, because, when placing the coverage, the insurer’s agent failed to account for a reduction in...
Jun 14 2017 // A Florida fire-rescue crew has been evicted from its station by an invasion of bats.The Tampa Bay Times reports anywhere from 500 to 1,000 bats found their way into the station in Pasco County, north of Tampa. The...