All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 24 2012 // In its bulletin issued at 5:00 a.m. EDT the national Hurricane Center in Miami described tropical storm Isaac as “poorly organized.” As a result its most serious threat is not from the wind speed, around 45...
Aug 24 2012 // Florida’s new no-fault auto insurance law could result in savings of 14 percent up to as much as 24.6 percent for drivers’ on their personal injury protection premiums, although it remains to be seen whether...
Aug 23 2012 // Tropical Storm Isaac is posing a potential threat to next week’s Republican National Convention in Florida, which culminates in the nomination of Mitt Romney for president.The U.S. National Hurricane Center on...
Aug 23 2012 // Frustrated by rising premiums, reduced coverage and a single market, citizens and officials in the Florida Keys are hoping to convince catastrophe modelers, insurers and reinsurers that their islands are not as big a risk...
Aug 23 2012 // The most recent update from the National Hurricane Center in Miami (5:00 a.m. AST) located the center of tropical storm Isaac southwest of Puerto Rico. The NHC said the storm is “moving toward the west near 12 mph,...
Aug 22 2012 // New York orange juice futures jumped more than 5 percent on Wednesday after U.S. forecasters warned Tropical Storm Isaac would strengthen into a hurricane and could hit the south coast of citrus-rich Florida by Monday. The...
Aug 22 2012 // For the past week the National Hurricane Center in Miami has been monitoring a low pressure system that formed off the Cape Verde Islands. Late yesterday it coalesced into a tropical storm, which has been given the name...
Aug 21 2012 // There have been 28 storms in U.S. history since 1900 which if they were happen today would each cause $10 billion or more in insured losses.Hurricane Andrew, which struck Florida 20 years ago this week, would be three...
Aug 21 2012 // Hurricane Andrew struck Florida on August 24, 1992, and the tumult it created for the property insurance market in the state has not ceased in the 20 years since, according to the insurance industry.An Insurance...
Aug 20 2012 // The Business Owners Liability Team (BOLT) insurance agency is opening a regional office in Sarasota after acquiring two Florid agencies. BOLT has acquired the Sarasota-based PRG Insurance Agency and Florida Direct...
Aug 20 2012 // USI Insurance Services has acquired Suncoast Insurance Associates Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based insurance brokerage specializing in professional liability programs in Florida. USI said this acquisition is expected to...
Aug 20 2012 // Responding to criticism over its home inspection program, officials of Florida’s policyholder-backed insurer said they will no longer immediately raise the premiums for property owners who dispute the inspection...
Aug 20 2012 // A new study from the Workers Competition Research Institute (WCRI) says that medical care costs for injured workers in Florida have dropped 75 percent since 2010.The study attributes the drop to legislative reforms that...
Aug 16 2012 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has expanded its online homeowners insurance rate comparison program, Choices, to include the auto insurance.The program allows consumers to select among three standard risks for...
Aug 16 2012 // Validus Reinsurance Ltd. has become the latest reinsurer licensed to do business in Florida under the state’s reduced capital law.Under a 2009 law that was designed to attract more private capital to the state,...
Aug 14 2012 // Florida regulators are questioning the increases sought by two property insurers that could raise rates on some homeowners by more than 40 percent, even as they reduce their number of policies.Castle Key Insurance Co., is...
Aug 13 2012 // Florida Governor Rick Scott has reappointed seven judges on the state’s court that handles workers’ compensation claims.Judge W. James Condry II, 54, of Orlando, has been a judge of Compensation Claims for the...
Aug 13 2012 // Praetorian Insurance Co. is facing up to a 36 percent rate reduction for Florida homeowners.Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty on Friday announced his intent to disapprove a company proposal for a 2.2 percent...
Aug 9 2012 // A series of deadly January crashes on Interstate 75 could trigger more than a dozen lawsuits against the state of Florida.The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles acknowledged this week that it has received 13...
Aug 7 2012 // Trayvon Martin’s mother has asked for an undisclosed amount of money from a state fund set up to help crime victims with things like funeral expenses and counseling, according to documents obtained by The Associated...