All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 15 2013 // Sections of a building at a resort near Orlando’s theme park district collapsed into a sinkhole on Aug. 12, forcing the evacuation of 105 guests in the structure and also dozens of visitors staying in two adjacent...
Aug 15 2013 // A new report this week from the Union of Concerned Scientists, a watchdog group, warns that sea level rise and worsening storm surge are increasing both the risks of flooding in coastal communities and the potential for...
Aug 14 2013 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has tapped Chris Gardner to be the new chair of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board of directors. Gardner has been a member of the Citizens board since July 11, 2011. He...
Aug 14 2013 // An official at a resort near Orlando, Fla., where a 100-foot sinkhole has swallowed part of a villa has said he’s awaiting the results of inspections to determine if there’s been damage to two other buildings...
Aug 13 2013 // A sinkhole caused a section of a Florida resort villa near Disney World to partially collapse Monday, while another section was sinking, authorities said.About 30 percent of the three-story structure collapsed before dawn,...
Aug 12 2013 // Florida’s insurance regulator, in response to questions why lower reinsurance costs have not translated into reduced homeowners rates, said insurers have significant leeway in how they incorporate those costs into...
Aug 9 2013 // Florida’s top financial officer is questioning regulators on why reports of significantly lower reinsurance costs worldwide are not translating into reduced premiums for homeowners around the state.Chief Financial...
Aug 8 2013 // Yesterday, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater penned a letter to Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty inquiring why property insurance rates continue to rise even as the cost of reinsurance falls.Atwater...
Aug 8 2013 // Florida-based Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. has elected Frank Wilcox, formerly vice president of finance, as the company’s chief financial officer and principal accounting officer effective October 1, 2013.Wilcox...
Aug 8 2013 // Water levels in Lake Okeechobee have risen to nearly 16 feet.The rising water levels in the shallow lake have prompted the Army Corps of Engineers to fully open locks around the lake to release water and protect the aging...
Aug 7 2013 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott is appointing maverick legislator Mike Fasano to the position of Pasco County tax collector.The governor’s office said that Scott had appointed Fasano, R-New Port Richey, to the job on...
Aug 5 2013 // Growing personal lines agency Confie Seguros has acquired Economy Insurance Mart of Spring Hill, Fla., which sells auto, home and small commercial insurance. Economy Insurance Agency was founded in 1993 and is a privately...
Aug 5 2013 // Yamaha Motor Co.’s WaveRunner was the most sought-after watercraft among U.S. thieves in 2012 as Florida had the highest number of stolen boats, an insurance- industry group said.A total of 538 WaveRunners were...
Aug 5 2013 // Florida’s high court has ruled that insurers under a 2008 law must pay a contractor’s overhead and profit as part of the expense of repairing a homeowner’s property despite repairs not having been...
Jul 31 2013 // Florida and Georgia, two states where politicians oppose U.S. President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, said this week that insurance rates for individuals would rise sharply in 2014 under the reform.The remarks are...
Jul 29 2013 // The Army Corps of Engineers has activated its emergency operations center in response to high water levels at Lake Okeechobee.The corps’ emergency operations center in Jacksonville was activated ast Friday. Officials...
Jul 26 2013 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott is asking that the federal government declare a disaster due to floods that caused extensive damage in the Panhandle.The state estimates there was $29 million worth of damage caused by the heavy...
Jul 26 2013 // Federal accident investigators are considering new safety recommendations for school buses, large trucks and commercial drivers based on two similar fatal crashes in New Jersey and Florida last year.The National...
Jul 25 2013 // Trevor Johnson has joined the Ted Todd Insurance Agency’s senior management team as its sales manager. He will oversee sales operations in all seven of the Allstate ageny’s offices located in Bonita Springs,...
Jul 25 2013 // The government should set performance standards for new safety technology that allows cars and trucks to talk to each other and then require the technology be installed in all new vehicles, a federal accident investigation...