All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 18 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an Order establishing the 2016 commercial lines rates for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens). The overall estimated statewide average rate changes are...
Sep 18 2015 // The Main Street America Group announced Dave Randle has been appointed president of its Southeast Region, which includes six states: Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.Randle is...
Sep 18 2015 // The Justice Department has reached a $69.5 million settlement with a South Florida hospital district accused in a lawsuit of improper financial relationships with doctors who referred patients to the district. Federal...
Sep 16 2015 // You’ve just been in a car accident or accused of a crime. You’re confused and overwhelmed. You need help and don’t know where to turn.Just at your most vulnerable moment, a lawyer steps forward and slips...
Sep 15 2015 // Four of the top eight cities most vulnerable to a major storm surge are located in Florida, according to a new report released by Karen Clark & Company (KCC).The 2015 “Most Vulnerable U.S. Cities to Storm Surge...
Sep 14 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved the removal of up to 181,909 personal residential policies and 2,591 commercial residential/non-residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation...
Sep 11 2015 // Prepared Holdings, LLC, the holding company for Prepared Insurance Co., has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Meridian Insurance Holdings, Inc., a private investment group, under which Prepared will be...
Sep 9 2015 // A new report says Florida ranks second only to California in the number of homes at risk for a natural disaster. The research firm, RealtyTrac, said in a report released last week that Florida had 6.7 million homes in...
Sep 9 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved a slate of 2016 property insurance rates for Citizens Property Insurance Corp.In an order signed September 8 by Florida Commissioner Kevin McCarty, FLOIR set the...
Sep 8 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrests of Miami residents Alina Del Prado, 60, and Karla Patricia Figueroa, 40, who are accused of deceptively using...
Sep 8 2015 // Gainesville, Fla., has passed new rules for private car-sharing companies like Uber to operate in the city.The City Commission passed regulations that apply to both taxis and companies like Uber. Mayor Ed Braddy told The...
Sep 7 2015 // Representatives from Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. delved into and defended their rate filing for 2016, which included significant increases in many Florida regions, before the Florida Office of...
Sep 7 2015 // 2 North Carolina Residents Accused of Insurance Fraud in Multiple CountiesNorth Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced the arrests of Pamela Christine Liles, 31, and Travis Paul Randolph, 30, of Siloam....
Sep 7 2015 // After almost a year of month-to-month declines, new foreclosure starts in Florida rose in July.The research firm Realty Trac reported that foreclosure starts increased 16 percent in July from the previous July. Florida had...
Sep 7 2015 // Distinguished, FulcrumDistinguished Programs Holdings LLC announced the pending acquisition of Bellevue, Wash.-based Fulcrum Insurance Programs. The businesses will be combined and rebranded as Distinguished Specialty....
Sep 7 2015 // Collectively, the 14 U.S. surplus lines stamping offices have reported moderate growth in surplus line premiums during the first half of 2015.Approximately 60 percent of all surplus lines insurance is processed by stamping...
Sep 3 2015 // The California Supreme Court recently decided to break with its own precedent and declare that insurers can’t stop policyholders from assigning the benefits of their policies before a claim is settled.Like many...
Sep 3 2015 // Rodolfo Valladares wore the wrong hat to the wrong Miami bank while trying to cash a $100 check in a case of mistaken identity that’s led to a court battle over $3.3 million.A bank teller mistook Valladares for a...
Sep 2 2015 // The Florida Division of Insurance Fraud announced the arrest of Tania Michel, 41, for failing to notify the Department of Financial Services of a federal fraud conviction, continuing to work in the insurance industry after...
Sep 2 2015 // The South Florida company that owns the rights to the popular TV psychic “Miss Cleo” is suing General Mills alleging copyright infringement for hiring the psychic to promote its breakfast cereal.According to a...