All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 3 2015 // The property insurance market in Florida has significantly shifted in market share as Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens)–the state-run property insurance company–continues to depopulate and move...
Aug 3 2015 // Coverage, liability and damages analyses are the three common themes of Florida third party bad faith cases, according to two southeast Cozen O’Connor attorneys. The attorneys presented on the subject during a...
Jul 31 2015 // Need a phony ID? A fraudulent tax refund? Insurance money from a sham car crash? Florida may have just what you’re looking for.Since the first settlers hacked their way into the mangrove tangles and drained much of...
Jul 30 2015 // Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has appointed Sha’Ron James as the state’s Insurance Consumer Advocate effective August 3. The role of Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate is to independently and...
Jul 29 2015 // The new Florida drone privacy law could have some unintended consequences for insurers looking to use or insure unmanned aircraft systems (UAM) technology.The Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act (FUSA), which took...
Jul 28 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud has announced the arrest of Mandy Rodriguez, 35, on felony fraud and grand theft charges after an investigation revealed that Rodriguez, a...
Jul 27 2015 // An order by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for medical malpractice insurer The Doctors Co. (TDC) to decrease its rates by 15 percent is being contested by the California-based company.A hearing has been set for...
Jul 23 2015 // The property insurance market in Florida has significantly shifted in market share as Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens)—the state-run property insurance company—continues to depopulate and move policyholders...
Jul 22 2015 // An employee at a Florida company that offers promotional vacations has been charged with stealing reservation documents and then selling the credit card information of more than 1,855 customers to two other people, Orlando...
Jul 21 2015 // The convention will run from August 5-9 at the Diplomat Resort & Spa Hollywood with the Trade Fair on Friday, August 8th. Miami, FL, June 21 2015—Over 1,000 insurance agency owners, brokers, agents, customer service...
Jul 21 2015 // The Hillsborough Public Transportation Commission is upholding a previous ruling that the commission can fine the ridesharing company Lyft for allowing drivers to operate without a county permit.The Tampa Tribune reports...
Jul 20 2015 // Officials for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles are re-examining some test questions as more Floridians are failing the revamped written driver’s license test.Three out of every five have...
Jul 20 2015 // More than 6.6 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of hurricane storm surge with a total reconstruction cost value estimated to be nearly $1.5 trillion, according to an annual report released by...
Jul 20 2015 // The popular ridesharing service Uber has announced it is leaving Broward County, Florida. The company said July 6 that it will withdraw completely from the county on July 31.Uber had previously agreed to withdraw from the...
Jul 17 2015 // Clearwater, Florida-based Heritage Property & Casualty Co. said it has applied to expand into North Carolina, South Carolina, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. “The entry into complementary coastal states positions...
Jul 17 2015 // Police in Key West, Fla., have arrested an Uber driver following a crackdown on unlicensed vehicle-for-hire drivers.Spokeswoman Alyson Crean told the Miami Herald that 51-year-old Martin Maness was arrested July 10 on two...
Jul 17 2015 // Below is a list of insurance-related Florida legislation passed by lawmakers in the 2015 regular session. All legislation has been approved by Governor Rick Scott and became effective as of July 1, 2015.HB1133 –...
Jul 16 2015 // Federal authorities have issued tough new rules on check-cashing businesses in South Florida as part of the ongoing fight against rampant identity theft and tax fraud.The Treasury Department’s order applies to...
Jul 16 2015 // Regions Insurance, Inc., an affiliate of Regions Bank, has entered into an agreement with the Ronald F. Holehouse Agency to obtain the firm’s personnel and accounts. Financial terms of the agreement are not...
Jul 15 2015 // Fire officials say fire destroyed an apartment building at a complex near the University of Central Florida.It took about 60 firefighters to put out the fire at the Tivoli Apartments on the afternoon of July 12. Seminole...