All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 29 2016 // Florida-based Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. has raised an additional $10 million in capital by selling shares to one of its reinsurers.Universal said it sold 583,771 shares of common stock to RenaissanceRe Ventures...
Apr 29 2016 // The Florida Supreme Court’s ruling that the state’s current attorney fee limits are unconstitutional will have serious ramifications on the workers’ compensation market in the state, according to Florida...
Apr 28 2016 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s mandatory attorneys’ fee schedule for workers’ compensation cases is unconstitutional under both Florida’s and the U.S. constitution as a...
Apr 28 2016 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that it does not have jurisdiction in a case brought by an injured nurse that challenged the constitutionality of the entire Florida Workers’ Compensation system.In the case of...
Apr 27 2016 // For the second time in a month, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater could not reach an agreement over who will become the next insurance commissioner for the state.At the April 26 Florida...
Apr 25 2016 // Although the role of catastrophe reinsurance in a wind exposed region is intuitively obvious to an insurance professional and most insurer rating agencies, the need for transparency, education and open dialogue on this...
Apr 22 2016 // Serving in a highly-scrutinized government position like insurance commissioner for any state, let alone one facing such serious catastrophe risks as Florida, certainly has its challenges. Outgoing Florida Insurance...
Apr 22 2016 // The Florida Cabinet will interview two new candidates for the soon-to-be-open Florida insurance commissioner post at its April 26 meeting, in addition to the two candidates interviewed last month.In the meantime, current...
Apr 21 2016 // “It’s not for the faint of heart, I can tell you that… Anyone who comes in here and thinks it’s an easy job really does not have any idea what they’re getting into. But it’s been a...
Apr 20 2016 // The South Florida zoo where a veteran keeper was attacked and killed by a Malayan tiger reopened Monday as authorities from several local, state and federal agencies continue investigating what led to the deadly attack on...
Apr 20 2016 // During the life of a Florida claim, risk managers, adjusters or clients often ask, “What kind of jurisdiction is Florida for fault?” And all too often, the answer given since 2006 is, “purely...
Apr 18 2016 // More than 40 percent of retired National Football League (NFL) players in a recent study had signs of traumatic brain injury, according to medical researchers from Florida.The findings were based on sensitive MRI scans –...
Apr 18 2016 // A Florida-based homeowners insurer has beefed up its flood insurance offering with the launch of a new flood-coverage only company called TypTap.The new company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Homeowners Choice Property...
Apr 18 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has issued a Consent Order approving, with additional requirements, Anthem, Inc.’s application to acquire 100 percent of the issued and outstanding voting securities...
Apr 17 2016 // SUNZ Insurance Co., based in Sarasota, Fla., has hired Russell S. Whittle as the company’s in-house general counsel. Whittle will be responsible for corporate governance as it relates to contracts, regulatory...
Apr 15 2016 // Florida-Based Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), has appointed Amy Ingram as managing director of the Commercial Risk Management Group. She will be based in company’s Tampa office.Ingram joins...
Apr 15 2016 // The Florida Surplus Lines Office (FLSLO) has announced that Florida has made the decision to withdraw from the Nonadmitted Insurance Multi-State Agreement (NIMA), effective June 1, 2016. The decision marks the second state...
Apr 14 2016 // More than 1,000 clients from Florida’s Palm Beach County Health Department are believed to have been victims of a data breach.The department said in a news release Monday that the IRS and FBI contacted the agency in...
Apr 13 2016 // Florida-based The Villages Insurance has added Naomi Peeples to its Mulberry Grove location. Peeples, formerly located in the Agency’s Spanish Springs office, is a state certified personal lines advisor specializing...
Apr 13 2016 // The U.S. Small Business Administration is accepting applications for low-interest disaster loans for Florida Panhandle businesses and residents affected by tornadoes and storms in February. The loans are available for...