All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 3 2011 // Florida’s hurricane fund chief is warning that the state-created fund used to help insurers pay off claims after a big storm is in danger.The state has relied on a hurricane fund ever since Hurricane Andrew...
Sep 27 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...
Sep 23 2011 // Florida officials and the state’s-backed property insurer were working to find common ground in the aftermath of the political firestorm over the insurer’s proposed large hike sinkhole coverage rates, with the...
Sep 23 2011 // Insurance broker USI Insurance Services has acquired de la Parte & Associates, a Tampa, Florida, employee benefits and insurance consulting firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Kim M. de la Parte, CEO and...
Sep 23 2011 // U.S. deep-sea explorers must turn over to the Spanish government 17 tons of silver coins and other treasure recovered from a sunken Spanish galleon in 2007, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.But Tampa, Florida-based...
Sep 23 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) auto insurance.Reforming the...
Sep 22 2011 // A Florida state panel has approved the use of a new hurricane catastrophe model that is increasing many insurers’ exposure.The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology has approved the Risk...
Sep 22 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 Florida Supreme Court recently...
Sep 21 2011 // Florida-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 company of GTCR, a Chicago...
Sep 20 2011 // Florida residents who have sinkhole insurance through the state-backed property insurer will not have to pay a proposed statewide average 447 percent increase.Citizens Property Insurance Corp. customers will also be spared...
Sep 20 2011 // SeaWorld Orlando is fighting $75,000 in penalties from a federal job safety agency following last year’s death of a trainer who was grabbed by a killer whale and dragged under water.A hearing was held for yesterday...
Sep 19 2011 // Jeb Bush, former Florida Governor, has entered into one of the state’s for-profit disaster response businesses. Bush has joined O’Brien’s Response Management Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEACOR...
Sep 19 2011 // Florida’s highest court has upheld the so-called “household exclusion” clause in automobile policies that states the injuries suffered by family members residing with an insured driver are not covered...
Sep 19 2011 // The Main Street America Group has promoted three officers.The Jacksonville, Florida-based company has tapped Steve Peeters to serve as the company’s chief operating officer. In that capacity, he will oversee the...
Sep 15 2011 // Atlanta-based Greyling Insurance Brokerage is expanding into Florida. The brokerage has hired Charles Geer to open a new office in West Palm Beach, where he will be responsible for developing new business and handling...
Sep 15 2011 // Florida state officials, insurers, medical providers, and consumer groups are preparing to re-examine the state’s no-fault auto insurance law just months after lawmakers failed to resolve the issue.State Insurance...
Sep 14 2011 // Florida homeowners came by the hundreds in cars and buses to speak out against the state-backed property insurer’s plan to increase sinkhole rates by an average 429 percent.At an unprecedented public hearing in Tampa...
Sep 13 2011 // Florida residents who have sinkhole insurance through the state-backed property insurer will see any premium increases phased-in over a number of years based on a new policy of the insurer.The Citizens Property Insurance...
Sep 12 2011 // The board of governors of Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has called for an emergency meeting today to consider phasing in a proposed statewide average 429 percent sinkhole rate increase.Newly-named...
Sep 9 2011 // Former state Rep. Carlos Lacasa of Miami is the pick to become the next chairman of the board that oversees the operations of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The 47-year-old Lacasa is replacing Naples...