All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 7 2012 // Lawyers for industrial consumers are questioning Progress Energy Florida’s approach to calculating how much insurance money the utility can expect in 2013 to help pay for power to replace output from a crippled...
Nov 5 2012 // When commercial lines agent and dog owner Debbie Turner began to look into help for her difficult dog back in 2000, she had no idea that her journey would end up leading to a new personal lines insurance option.She...
Nov 5 2012 // In the face of criticism, the top executive of Florida’s state-backed property insurer acknowledged that his decision to close the insurer’s office in charge of corporate oversight before having its replacement...
Nov 5 2012 // Florida regulators announced that two property insurance companies have been approved to take out up to 100,000 policies from the state-backed insurer in December, adding to the 210,000 policies already slated for removal...
Nov 5 2012 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said he will approve a 6.1 percent rate increase to become effective January 1, 2013 for workers’ compensation.The decision was based on a filing submitted for insurers by...
Nov 2 2012 // Florida’s consumer advocate is calling for an investigation into insurers using homeowners’ past credit history to deny claims and cancel policies even though the homeowners have paid premiums for years.Florida...
Nov 1 2012 // Florida’s high court is debating whether a driver forfeited her uninsured motorist coverage by refusing to meet the insurer’s specific requirement to undergo a scheduled medical exam.The state Supreme Court...
Oct 31 2012 // Insurance experts say the costs associated with losses from superstorm Sandy in the northeast should not affect Florida homeowners.Sam Miller of the Florida Insurance Council said Tuesday that the Florida market is...
Oct 30 2012 // Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan entered into a legal settlement with a disc jockey over a sex tape involving Hogan and the DJ’s wife.A statement by Hogan’s publicist said the terms of the settlement are...
Oct 29 2012 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said he will approve a 6.1 percent rate increase to become effective January 1, 2013 for workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida.The decision was based the...
Oct 29 2012 // For a president locked in a tough re-election fight, it may look like political gold: a settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and BP Plc over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that could send billions of dollars to...
Oct 26 2012 // Hurricane Sandy, a late-season Atlantic storm unlike anything seen in more than two decades, slogged slowly toward the U.S. East Coast on Friday after killing at least 41 people as it cut across the Caribbean.Forecasters...
Oct 26 2012 // An appellate court wants the Florida Supreme Court to resolve a question on punitive damages in cases involving sick smokers.A 1st District Court of Appeal panel this week split 2-1 in affirming a trial judge’s...
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Oct 25 2012 // Hurricane Sandy swelled into a major threat to much of the U.S. East Coast on Thursday after lashing Cuba with heavy rains and tree-toppling winds and swirling through the Bahamas, U.S. forecasters said.Strengthening...
Oct 24 2012 // In the face of criticism, the top executive of Florida’s state-backed property insurer acknowledge his decision to close the insurer’s office in charge of corporate oversight before having its replacement in...
Oct 24 2012 // Despite headlines being dominated by the ever-tightening presidential election, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. continues to make news in Florida. Last week, Citizens announced that it was eliminating its so-called...
Oct 23 2012 // Florida regulators announced that two property insurance companies have been approved to take out up to 100,000 policies from the state-backed insurer in December, adding to the 210,000 policies already slated for removal...
Oct 22 2012 // A move by Florida’s largest property insurer to dismiss employees responsible for investigating wrongdoing drew criticism last Thursday from Gov. Rick Scott.Scott, in a strongly-worded letter to the president of...
Oct 22 2012 // Florida-based Bankers Insurance Group recently announced the company’s new leadership lineup.Lisa Bage has joined the firm as vice president of product development. Bage, a 22-year industry veteran, was a senior vice...