All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 3 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 65,000 personal residential policies and 1,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The following two...
Feb 3 2016 // The search is on for the next Florida insurance commissioner – the first one to be appointed to the office since current Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty took office in 2003.McCarty announced on Jan. 6 he would leave...
Feb 1 2016 // Jon Hammond Wallace Welch & Willingham (W3) has promoted Jonathan Hammond to chief operating officer. Hammond began his insurance career with Wallace Welch & Willingham in 2000 as a sales producer. Later, he was...
Jan 31 2016 // The Florida Supreme Court will hear yet another case challenging the constitutionality of the state’s workers’ comp system on April 16, 2016. The case, Daniel Stahl v. Hialeah Hospital, et al., has been making...
Jan 29 2016 // Florida State University has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a federal Title IX lawsuit brought by a former student who accused quarterback Jameis Winston of sexually assaulting her in 2012. The school is on the hook for...
Jan 29 2016 // A tornado picked up a southbound vehicle on Florida’s Turnpike near Fort Lauderdale Wednesday morning and dropped it in the northbound lane as a line of severe storms hit the area, officials said.They said the storms...
Jan 28 2016 // A former Miami-Dade County police officer has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in an illegal towing scheme.News outlets report Yuri Millan admitted he took kickbacks from tow-truck operators Oriel Ugardes and Jose Guim...
Jan 26 2016 // The latest workers’ compensation report from Florida’s insurance regulator says the state’s workers’ compensation market remained competitive and well capitalized in 2014, but reforms put in place...
Jan 25 2016 // Water loss claims, exacerbated by assignment of benefits, are driving higher rates in South Florida and increasingly across the state, according to a just released analysis conducted by Citizens Property Insurance Corp....
Jan 25 2016 // News of Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty’s resignation rocked the state Jan. 6 when he announced that he would leave office on May 2, 2016 after 12 years in the post.McCarty has served as the only...
Jan 25 2016 // The Main Street America Group has appointed Nancy Giordano-Ramos as its vice president/head of bonds.Giordano-Ramos had been the super-regional property/casualty insurance company’s interim head of bonds since last...
Jan 24 2016 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrest of two unlicensed clinic owners from Miami-Dade County. Noel Ruiz of Miami and Alberto B Franco of Hialeah were...
Jan 22 2016 // The Florida Association of Insurance Reform has asked Gov. Rick Scott and his Cabinet, which consists of Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, State Attorney General Pam Bondi, and State Agricultural Commissioner Adam...
Jan 21 2016 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation announced Jan. 20 that it has reduced its policy count to under 500,000.The company said in a statement that its policy count on Jan. 19 was 484,788, the lowest level...
Jan 20 2016 // Kristy Desmarais Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners) has promoted Kristy Desmarais to Benefits director. As Benefit’s director, Desmarais is responsible for the strategic planning and execution of...
Jan 19 2016 // Florida officials say two adults have been killed and four children have been injured after two tornadoes swept through central Florida.Manatee County EMS officials tell WFLA-TV that several people were injured as severe...
Jan 14 2016 // The Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office, which operates under the direction of the Florida Department of Financial Services and CFO Jeff Atwater, announced the arrest of Travis Michael Pierce for allegedly setting...
Jan 13 2016 // Wallace Welch & Willingham (W3) has acquired Sondregger Insurance, an independent agency based in St. Petersburg, Fla. The acquisition was made final on December 9, 2015.Sondregger Insurance specializes in personal and...
Jan 12 2016 // Authorities say a weekend tornado that touched down in southwest Florida with winds up to 135 mph damaged several homes, left thousands without power for a time, but caused no serious injuries or deaths. Police say the...
Jan 12 2016 // Confie, a national provider of personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired Most Insurance, LLC of Tampa, Fla. Established by Bob Most in 1973, Most Insurance, LLC is a family owned and operated business. With...