All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 18 2023 // The property insurance industry breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Idalia landed in a less-populated part of the coast, triggering just a few billion dollars in losses. But regulators have urged insurers to make...
Sep 15 2023 // The trial in a liability lawsuit against a Florida hospital, a story featured in a Netflix documentary, began this week, bringing new attention to health care providers’ responsibilities in complex cases involving...
Sep 15 2023 // A new lawsuit accuses Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble of having deceived consumers about decongestant cold medicines containing an ingredient that a unanimous U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel...
Sep 14 2023 // TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL receiver Mike Williams, who was injured in a construction accident two weeks ago and later put on a ventilator, died Tuesday, his agent said. He was 36.Williams, who played for the Tampa...
Sep 14 2023 // If Florida insureds and insurers haven’t been pummeled enough by rising costs in recent years, they could soon see another factor that could hit them in the pocketbook.Florida’s tough new immigration law that...
Sep 13 2023 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has so far seen just about 2,000 claims from Hurricane Idalia, well below the threshold that would exhaust the carrier’s personal lines surplus and trigger a...
Sep 12 2023 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A pilot told investigators he heard a loud bang before a Florida medical rescue helicopter caught fire in flight last month, leading to a crash that killed a paramedic and a woman on the...
Sep 12 2023 // Executive summary: Reinsurance underwriting is all about finding equilibrium between reinsurers’ reason for being—reducing the volatility of cedents earnings—and producing stable profits in their own businesses....
Sep 12 2023 // The successor to a law firm that was known as “public enemy number one” by Florida’s property insurance industry after it filed thousands of unnecessary lawsuits – many of them on the same claim – has...
Sep 11 2023 // CROSS CITY, Fla. (AP) — An elderly man who was cleaning debris from Hurricane Idalia in north Florida when a tree fell on him has been declared the state`s third death from the Category 3 storm, officials said...
Sep 7 2023 // Florida-based Bayview Asset Management LLC is launching an insurance asset management arm that will seek to expand the range of investable assets available to insurers, according to a statement from the company.The new...
Sep 7 2023 // Former NFL wide receiver Mike Williams was reported to be on life support at a Tampa hospital Thursday after a construction accident.Multiple news outlets reported that Williams, who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and...
Sep 7 2023 // Public adjusters cannot double as appraisers in claims disputes if their total fees exceed the statutory cap, a Florida appeals court decided Wednesday in what may be seen as another win in property insurers’ long...
Sep 6 2023 // The U.S. Coast Guard is continuing to investigate the source of an oil spill that contaminated more than 19,000 gallons of water at Port Manatee in Tampa Bay.The spill was reported last week and crews have worked since...
Sep 6 2023 // In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida the storm had grown into a Category 4 beast lurking off the state’s west coast, and the forecast called for it to continue intensifying up until landfall.An...
Sep 6 2023 // Just days after another hurricane smashed through part of Florida, another property and casualty insurer has been approved for the state, providing more evidence that 2022 legislative limits on litigation are having a...
Sep 5 2023 // Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has won a favorable ruling in one of two civil lawsuits filed against him in Nevada, one by a woman who alleges he raped her on his tour bus in Washington state in 2001 and another by a...
Sep 5 2023 // JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy was struck and killed by a car Friday morning in Florida after a dog chased him into the street, authorities said.The boy and his younger brother had been walking on a...
Sep 5 2023 // HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — This remote seaside enclave known as “Florida`s Last Frontier” took much of the pounding from Hurricane Idalia when it struck the state`s west coast as a Category 3 storm last...
Sep 5 2023 // Moody’s RMS and Verisk on Monday each released insured loss estimates for Hurricane Idalia.RMS estimated total private market insured losses from Idalia to be between $3 billion and $5 billion, with a best estimate...