All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 19 2011 // Oral arguments on President Barack Obama’s sweeping U.S. healthcare overhaul will last 5-1/2 hours spread over three days from March 26-28, the Supreme Court said on Monday.The Supreme Court last month agreed to hear...
Dec 19 2011 // The board overseeing the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is moving ahead with a half dozen recommendations for the Legislature it believes will help depopulate the state-backed insurer. The plan approved last week in...
Dec 16 2011 // Are you an insurance news hound? Test your insurance news IQ and find out. The following questions and answers (see bottom of the page) were developed based on news stories published on InsuranceJournal.com and...
Dec 15 2011 // Florida has added one more name to the growing list of offshore reinsurers who can do business in the state under a new law allowing them to reduce their capital and collateral requirements.The Florida Office of Insurance...
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...