All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 20 2011 // Florida’s top highway safety official wants to put more troopers who specialize in investigating highway fatalities out on the road. Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Director Julie Jones told members of the Florida...
Oct 20 2011 // Florida’s hurricane fund is confronting a potential $3.2 billion shortfall, financial experts said in a new estimate of the money available to the pool intended to help insurers make disaster payments.The fund was...
Oct 18 2011 // Florida regulators have given the go-ahead for an insurer that wants to provide foreign nationals with access to the U.S. health insurance market.Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced that Best Doctors Limited has...
Oct 18 2011 // Two Florida insurance agencies have merged as part of a plan to increase their business in southeast Florida. Ranew Insurance President Barry Ranew and Ranzino Insurance President Marion Ranzino announced they are merging...
Oct 17 2011 // As Michael Adams reports, Florida lawmakers are considering the future of the state’s largest homeowners’ insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. It’s supposed to be the insurer of last resort but...
Oct 17 2011 // One county in Florida has decided not to wait on state lawmakers’ promise to address the insurance fraud and fix the state’s automobile no-fault law. It has passed its own ordinance to crack down on fraudulent...
Oct 17 2011 // With four months to go before Florida’s legislative session, lawmakers are already considering the future of the state’s largest homeowners’ insurer. However, there are few easy answers in sight.Citizens...
Oct 17 2011 // Commercial insurers in Florida no longer have to seek prior approval from state regulators before changing some of the rates they charge under a new law that took effect October 1. Earlier this year, Florida lawmakers...
Oct 14 2011 // Prosecutors in Florida have decided not to use alcohol breath-test results in about 100 current driving under the influence (DUI) cases in Sarasota and Manatee counties after learning about problematic breath-test...
Oct 14 2011 // Florida residents covered through the state’s largest homeowner insurer will soon pay more for coverage after the insurer ratified a number of rate hikes recently approved by regulators.The Citizens Property...
Oct 13 2011 // Florida employers could have to pay more in workers’ compensation premiums if regulators go along with a proposed statewide average 8.9 percent rate hike. The rate change may also trigger legislative action to clamp...
Oct 11 2011 // Confie Seguros, a group of insurance agencies targeting Hispanic customers, has acquired the Miami, Florida-based Trustway Insurance Agencies.Founded in 1998, Trustway has 28 locations in the state and additional offices...
Oct 7 2011 // Florida has added its first reinsurer from the United Kingdom to a list of reinsurers taking advantage of a state law that reduces reinsurers’ capital requirements.In an effort to attract more private capital to the...
Oct 6 2011 // With four months to go before Florida’s legislative session, lawmakers are already considering the future of the state’s largest homeowners’ insurer. However, there are few easy answers in sight.Citizens...
Oct 4 2011 // Florida churches are having to seek insurance elsewhere after one of the state’s provider of coverage to houses of worship has decided to leave the market.State Farm Florida recently announced it will exit the church...
Oct 3 2011 // Commercial insurers in Florida will no longer have to seek prior approval from state regulators before changing some of the rates they charge under a new law that took effect October 1.Earlier this year, Florida lawmakers...
Oct 3 2011 // Public adjusters would have more access to homeowners in the immediate aftermath of a storm if the Florida Supreme Court rules Florida’s current public adjuster law unconstitutional.The high court recently heard oral...
Oct 3 2011 // AssuredPartners, Neace LukensFlorida-based AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired the Neace Lukens, a Kentucky-based insurance agency, as part of a plan to build a national insurance brokerage firm. AssuredPartners is a member...
Oct 3 2011 // Florida’s state’s-backed property insurer has indicated it will implement a newly-approved sinkhole rate increase even though it falls far short of what it says it needs.Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty...
Oct 3 2011 // Florida lawmakers are likely to consider whether to curb the use of accident clinic referral hotlines as part of a broader effort to reign in the costs of personal injury protection (PIP) insurance.Reforming the...