All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 3 2016 // Special insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. said it has completed its acquisition of the acquisition of Private Client Insurance Group, a Palm Beach Gardens, Florida-based wholesale broker specializing in personal lines...
Aug 3 2016 // David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the reinsurer seeking to reverse underwriting losses, is pushing into the mortgage-guaranty market after being burned by fraudulent claims on property policies in...
Aug 3 2016 // Federal health officials, scrambling to fund efforts to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the United States, said on Tuesday they have provided more stopgap money to various locales while calls grew for Congress to...
Aug 3 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved a total of 40,650 personal lines, commercial lines, and coastal account policies from the following companies to participate in the September and October...
Aug 3 2016 // Lockton has named Peter Schmitz senior vice president and Aviation Practice leader as part of a significant long-term investment in its aviation risk management operations. Lockton, a global, privately held, independent...
Aug 2 2016 // The state of Florida has identified 10 more cases of Zika virus caused by local mosquitoes and has asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to send in experts to help with its investigation of the...
Aug 1 2016 // Investigators are looking for answers after fire broke out at a Florida mosque for the second time in 10 days.Federal and local officials are investigating the July 27 blaze at the Islamic Education Center in Tampa. Sallah...
Aug 1 2016 // Gawker Media founder Nick Denton lost his latest bid to halt enforcement of the $140 million verdict won by Hulk Hogan in an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit, according to a court document provided by the former pro...
Aug 1 2016 // American Strategic Insurance (ASI), has promoted Jessica Peskin to vice president of Marketing for ASI’s Builders division in St. Petersburg, Fla. Peskin formerly served as an account executive for ASI’s...
Aug 1 2016 // Tampa, Fla.-based Franklin Street has hired Nancy Sheinberg as vice president of Insurance Services. With 30 years of commercial insurance experience, Sheinberg is responsible for managing all hands-on operational features...
Jul 29 2016 // Health officials in Florida on Friday reported the first cases of local transmission of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in continental United States. The Florida department of health has concluded that the four reported...
Jul 29 2016 // Amid ups and downs, the construction market has nevertheless enjoyed steady growth over the past four years. Now construction insurance specialists believe the market is really heating up.The competition has carriers...
Jul 29 2016 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered all blood collection centers in Florida’s Miami-Dade and Broward counties to stop collecting blood as state health department officials continue to investigate four...
Jul 29 2016 // Owner of a Fort Myers, Fla., staffing and payroll services firm was arrested in mid-July over the alleged theft of more than $1 million, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and the Department...
Jul 28 2016 // Acentria Insurance has opened a new office location and acquired a new agency in Niceville, Fla.The new office in Niceville has been opened through a merged partnership with the Powell Agency, located on North Partin...
Jul 27 2016 // Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (DVIC), the non-profit organization that helps train, educate and create employment opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans, celebrated the graduation of Joanne...
Jul 26 2016 // Florida’s insurer of last resort, Citizens, has expanded its efforts to curb increasing water loss claims with a new Water Mitigation Estimate Review Program.Citizens Chief Claims Officer Jay Adams said the new...
Jul 25 2016 // Anyone driving on Scenic Highway recently between Scenic Terrace and Park Place Apartments probably spotted rows of dark-colored shapes floating in Escambia Bay and wondered, “What are those?”The dark shapes...
Jul 25 2016 // ClearView Risk Holdings, LLC has expanded into Florida and hired Keith Driggers and Barbara Glennon to join its subsidiary Southwest Risk, LP. Both will serve as vice president and broker in the Tallahassee office, which...
Jul 22 2016 // Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., a Florida-based provider of homeowners insurance, has completed its reinsurance program for the 2016-17 reinsurance year, which runs from June 1, 2016...