All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 14 2011 // Some small businesses in Florida will see an automatic 5 percent discount on their workers’ compensation policies through a new program offered by Employers Holdings, Inc. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation...
Dec 14 2011 // A Florida workers’ compensation insurer has reached a deal with a California company to underwrite its workers’ compensation policies through its Florida agency-owned captive program.Zurich Financial Services...
Dec 13 2011 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has named G. Donovan Brown its new counsel and regional manager for Florida. Brown takes on the government relations role at PCI after a decade in government and...
Dec 13 2011 // The Florida Underwriter magazine has published its last issue.“Unfortunately, the double demons of our state’s falling economy and the dominance of the Internet over print products have brought us to this...
Dec 9 2011 // Florida lawmakers are considering allowing surplus lines carriers to participate in the depopulation programs of the state’s largest homeowner insurer in an effort to reduce its policyholder rolls.Citizens Property...
Dec 8 2011 // Gov. Rick Scott said he is concerned about Florida’s state-backed property insurer providing discounted coverage on new construction projects in high-risk areas.Scott questioned Citizens Property Insurance Corp....
Dec 7 2011 // Independent agents in Florida are concerned that an appointment contract offered by a Florida homeowners insurer that recently assumed thousands of policies from another company could result in a loss of those...
Dec 6 2011 // Florida’s largest homeowner insurer is offering a slate of coverage changes, but concedes that without legislative changes there will be little reduction in its exposure or policyholder count.Gov. Rick Scott last...
Dec 6 2011 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has named Daniel Anderson to serve as the state’s lead insurance fraud investigator. Anderson will take over as the director of the state’s Division of Insurance...
Dec 5 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Agency, SeitlinMarsh & McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., has acquired Seitlin Insurance, one of the largest insurance brokers in south Florida. Terms of the...
Dec 5 2011 // A rental car customer’s insurer must cover crash injuries, even though an unauthorized driver was behind the wheel. That’s what the Florida Supreme Court decided in a 5-2 opinion recently.The majority ruled in...
Dec 5 2011 // Top 100 Agency Profile Agency Name: Confie Seguros, trading under Freeway Insurance Headquarters: New York, N.Y. Year Founded: 2008 Additional Locations: California, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Texas, New York, New...
Dec 5 2011 // Florida residents in high-value condominium buildings insured by the state-backed insurer could see their premiums rise 19 percent.Rates charged by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for its commercial residential...
Dec 5 2011 // Ah, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. It’s supposed to be the insurer of last resort but, of course, it has ballooned to become the first and only choice for many property owners in Florida.Now there is a serious...
Dec 1 2011 // Florida’s largest property insurer wants to roll back coverage on high-value homes and lower its coverage limits on homeowners’ liability, as part of a broader plan to reduce its exposure in the state.Florida...
Dec 1 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating of C++ (Marginal) and issuer credit rating of “b” of Apollo Casualty Co. of Florida, headquartered in Des Plaines, Ill., due to its business being...
Nov 30 2011 // A Florida judge has ordered a homeowners’ insurer to shut its doors and hand its business affairs over to the state after state regulators found it no longer has enough money to pay its bills.Florida’s Division...
Nov 30 2011 // A North Carolina man has been sentenced to four years in a Florida prison and ordered to pay more than $3.1 million in restitution after pleading guilty in a workers’ compensation fraud case, according to...
Nov 29 2011 // Florida officials are looking for ways to reduce the state government’s workers’ compensation costs and considering changing some mandates that grant first responders automatic benefits and reducing...
Nov 28 2011 // A Florida rental car customer’s auto insurer must cover crash injuries, even though the driver was someone not authorized under the rental car company’s contact.In a 5-2 opinion on Nov. 23, the Florida Supreme...