All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 6 2013 // A South Florida attorney has been convicted for his role in an $800 million insurance fraud scheme involving investments in death benefits. A jury on Wednesday convicted 64-year-old Anthony Livoti Jr. of money laundering...
Dec 6 2013 // The family of a woman slain during the mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard is the first to file a lawsuit against the U.S. government and defense contractors over the slaughter that left 12 dead, alleging that...
Dec 4 2013 // Lennar Corp. said a Florida jury awarded it $1 billion in damages against a California developer, Nicolas Marsch III, who the homebuilder accused of defamation and conspiring with Barry Minkow to extort money from the...
Dec 3 2013 // A Florida congressman is calling for the creation of a new federal tax-free savings account that will allow homeowners to set aside up to $5,000 to help strengthen their homes against hurricanes and other natural...
Dec 2 2013 // With increases in federal flood insurance rates looming, two insurance providers have said they are prepared to sell private flood policies in Florida.Their actions come as state officials are trying to provide guidelines...
Nov 27 2013 // A physicians group with offices throughout Southwest Florida has notified 4,400 patients that their protected health information may have been breached.The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that an employee at Florida...
Nov 26 2013 // A South Florida woman is suing the Black Entertainment Television network in a dispute over a Facebook page she developed to promote the show “The Game.”Attorneys for Stacey Mattocks, who lives in Broward...
Nov 19 2013 // With increases in federal flood insurance rates looming, two insurance providers have said they are prepared to sell private flood policies in Florida.Their actions come as state officials are trying to provide guidelines...
Nov 18 2013 // When Mallory and Zach Sinclair were looking for their first home, they swooned over a new townhouse in the Brandon, Florida subdivision of Whispering Oaks. With well-manicured lawns, it looked fresh and untouched, with...
Nov 18 2013 // State Specialists are often an independent agent’s most reliable and consistent market. These companies are focused on a specific geographic area, understand it and consistently strive to serve it.The Demotech...
Nov 18 2013 // Florida lawmakers are taking another look at the future of the state’s no-fault automobile insurance law in light of a circuit court ruling that left open the door to legal challenges.The state’s First District...
Nov 15 2013 // InVEST, an insurance industry classroom to career education program founded by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), announced the renaming of the InVEST Teacher of the Year...
Nov 15 2013 // Florida and Alabama government officials have filed an amicus brief this week supporting the Mississippi insurance department’s lawsuit against the federal government’s National Flood Insurance Program’s...
Nov 15 2013 // New laws designed to reduce loss cost volatility and claims fraud in the Florida no-fault auto insurance system, commonly referred to as PIP, would be a credit positive for property/casualty insurers, according to Fitch...
Nov 15 2013 // Residents of several Florida homes have been evacuated due to a possible sinkhole that opened behind a backyard near St. Petersburg. Dunedin Deputy Fire Chief Trip Barrs told Bay News 9 the hole appears to be about 12-feet...
Nov 14 2013 // Insurers and state regulators say that President Barack Obama’s “fix” for policies canceled under his healthcare reform law will create new problems for the industry and could lead to an increase in...
Nov 14 2013 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the organizer of a championship offshore powerboat race in Key West, where three racers died in 2011.The uncle of Jeffrey Tillman filed the lawsuit last week in Broward...
Nov 14 2013 // Almost 1 million people who applied for health care on the government insurance exchanges last month left without choosing a plan, a pipeline of potential customers the Obama administration must persuade to return.While...
Nov 11 2013 // The average cost per claim of outpatient hospital care for injured workers in the Florida workers’ compensation system continued to grow rapidly and was a main driver of growth in medical payments per claim in the...
Nov 8 2013 // Investigators have arrested a man who they say was involved in an “elaborate theft ring” operating in northeast Florida and south Georgia.The Florida Times-Union reported that investigators tracked two stolen...