All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 29 2015 // Dozens of Florida cities and counties oppose a plan to give the state control over the oil and gas exploration process known as fracking.The Tallahassee Democrat reported on Nov. 28 that 20 counties and nearly 40 cities in...
Nov 25 2015 // A Florida podiatrist accused of killing his estranged wife is using part of her life insurance settlement to pay for his defense.The Tallahassee Democrat reports that 48-year-old Dr. Adam Frasch pleaded not guilty to...
Nov 25 2015 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. and FD Insurance, a medical malpractice provider for physicians and surgeons in Florida, have signed a definitive agreement for NORCAL to acquire FD Insurance. This acquisition expands...
Nov 24 2015 // The Florida ridesharing lawsuit filed by two taxi companies and an individual against the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FDHSMV) is getting more contentious by the day.Two motions have been filed...
Nov 24 2015 // Gainesville, Fla., has moved a step closer to allowing medical marijuana dispensaries to set up shop in the city.City commissioners on Nov. 5 voted to change the city’s land development code to allow dispensaries in...
Nov 23 2015 // Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired certain assets of BenTrust, which includes Bentrust Financial, Inc. d/b/a Bentrust Insurance Group; Bentrust AIB, LLC, and Florida...
Nov 22 2015 // The Florida Department of Transportation says it is planning to install fences around train tracks to avoid more fatal crashes.The Orlando Sentinel reports about $300,000 will go toward the fencing project that will...
Nov 20 2015 // Many states across the country are unprepared to face the risks posed extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to a new report card.Only a small number...
Nov 20 2015 // Starting in December, Citizens will expand its Property Insurance Clearinghouse to condominium unit owners, many of whom will now have immediate access to multiple private alternatives, the company said in its November...
Nov 20 2015 // A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for prescription pill trafficking and money laundering.Forty-six-year-old Lester W. Taylor of Daytona Beach, Fla., also was ordered in federal court in Charleston to...
Nov 17 2015 // A former chiropractor and his wife have won a $14.5 million jury verdict in a lawsuit filed over a 2004 car crash that involved a motorist with no insurance.Attorney Crane Johnstone says a Miami-Dade jury sided with David...
Nov 17 2015 // Rich Thompson Florida-based Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners, an independent insurance brokerage firm, has appointed former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Rich Thompson as Commercial Risk and Employee Benefits advisor. Prior to...
Nov 17 2015 // The use of price optimization in insurance pricing is drawing increased attention and could be the next big industry battle.Or it could not be. Consumer groups and a growing contingent of states are labeling the practice...
Nov 16 2015 // The Florida Supreme Court has canceled a Dec. 8 hearing it had scheduled to consider a measure to legalize medical marijuana.The court announced the decision on Friday. The move comes a few days after Attorney General Pam...
Nov 16 2015 // The newest Brightway Insurance Agency, The Patrick James Agency, has opened in Miami Lakes, Fla., by agency owner, Patrick James. Brightway is a national property/casualty insurance retailer selling through a network of...
Nov 16 2015 // Celedinas Insurance Group – Providing a Personal Touch From the Top Ray Celedinas may be the “man at the top” and namesake of the successful Celedinas Insurance Group, but employees of the Florida-based...
Nov 13 2015 // Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who loudly opposed a medical marijuana measure that appeared on the 2014 ballot, is staying on the sidelines this time around.Bondi said she is still opposes the effort to legalize...
Nov 13 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved an overall decrease of 4.7 percent in workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida. Following the disapproval of its original rate filing request, the...
Nov 12 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has joined as the 55th jurisdiction internationally to be admitted as a signatory to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) Multilateral Memorandum of...
Nov 10 2015 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has submitted a request to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) to consider supplemental information in regards to its recent workers compensation rate...