All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 30 2013 // Specific government job categories must be considered for mandatory drug testing in Florida, an appeals court concluded in a ruling that said a judge went too far in blocking enforcement of across-the-board public employee...
May 30 2013 // A wrongful death lawsuit claims Bethune-Cookman University failed to stop fraternity hazing that led to the death of a Marching Wildcat band member.Marcus Thomas died in February 2012 when the car in which he was riding...
May 29 2013 // It’s been nearly eight years since Hurricane Wilma raked the southern end of Florida and caused billions in damages, the last of eight hurricanes to hit the state in 2004 and 2005.Yet even as the state has been...
May 28 2013 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has narrowly approved a plan allowing a domestic insurer to remove 60,000 policies and receive as much as $52 million from Citizens in exchange.A short-handed Citizens...
May 27 2013 // A leading Florida Democrat is calling on Gov. Rick Scott to return $110,000 in campaign contributions from an insurer.Dan Gelber, a former state senator and potential future statewide candidate, wrote a letter Friday to...
May 27 2013 // A backlash is quickly growing against the decision of Florida’s largest property insurer to shift thousands of policies to a start-up insurance company.Just days ago Citizens Property Insurance Corp. narrowly...
May 23 2013 // A Florida insurance trust that provides property insurance and other products to cities around the state has issued a $20 million private placement catastrophe bond to help pay claims due to hurricanes.Towers Watson...
May 20 2013 // Confie Seguros, Capital InsuranceHispanic market-focused insurance agency network Confie Seguros acquired Capital Insurance Agency of Trenton, N.J. Capital Insurance has been in business since 1935 and specializes in...
May 20 2013 // In a victory for medical malpractice insurers and physicians, Florida lawmakers have approved a series of tort reforms that among other things will require expert witnesses testifying against physicians in a malpractice...
May 17 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For stories focused on particular regions click on the respective links below.The national “epidemic” of opioid usage has...
May 17 2013 // Florida is heading into a new storm season with some good news for once.The state-created fund that backs up private insurers in Florida is in the best financial shape it has been in years — maybe the best since it was...
May 17 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ CompDeaths from prescription drug overdoses jumped 360 percent in the...
May 17 2013 // Altamonte Springs, FL, 05/17/13 – North American Risk Services, Inc. (NARS), a premier national third-party claims administrator announces its strategic partnership with the Florida-based domestic property insurance...
May 16 2013 // The headlines blaring from the Sunshine State today are unambiguous. The state-run Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund is “in good shape” Indeed, its latest report card shows it is the “best it’s...
May 13 2013 // Prepared Insurance Co., a Florida domestic insurer, recently named Stephanie E. Siewert as its chief operating officer. Siewert joined the company in 2009 as vice president of sales and marketing and helped complete the...
May 6 2013 // Florida lawmakers approved legislation that seeks to slow the growth of the state-backed property insurer by diverting new policies into the private market while largely retaining the status quo for the insurer’s...
May 6 2013 // Florida has filed a lawsuit against British oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, becoming the fourth state to seek damages for the 2010 disaster.The suit faults BP for not...
May 6 2013 // A Florida judge has upheld his temporary injunction partially blocking portions of the state’s automobile no-fault insurance personal injury protection (PIP) law on the basis it infringes on drivers’ access to...
May 3 2013 // In a victory for medical malpractice insurers and physicians, Florida lawmakers have approved a series of tort reforms that among other things will require expert witnesses testifying against physicians in a malpractice...
May 2 2013 // The Florida House has passed its version of a statewide ban on texting while driving, but the proposal’s fate is uncertain.The House passed the bill (SB 52) on a 110-6 vote Wednesday. It includes an amendment that...