All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 15 2009 // BB&T, Oswald TrippeRaleigh, North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services, the nation’s seventh largest insurance broker, said it has expanded its southwest Florida operation with the acquisition of Oswald...
Nov 15 2009 // The average rate increases approved for Florida’s Citizens: Personal Lines Homeowners: 5.4 percent Dwelling Fire: 8.8 percent Mobile Homeowners: 1.7 percent Mobile Home Physical Damage: 2.1 percent Commercial...
Nov 15 2009 // Florida’s state-backed and largest property insurer will be allowed to raise its rates for homeowners an average 5.4 percent in 2010.The increase is the first one allowed since lawmakers froze the rates of Citizens...
Nov 10 2009 // Owners of nearly 420,000 high risk properties in Florida could see their insurance premiums rise next year.State-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has requested an average 7.5 percent hike for homeowners with...
Nov 10 2009 // A weakening Tropical Storm Ida lashed the U.S. Gulf Coast with drenching rain and high surf Tuesday as it moved ashore after shutting down almost 30 percent of Gulf of Mexico energy production.Ida, once a Category 2...
Nov 5 2009 // Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate said he is trying to find a lawmaker to help him ban a practice that sticks patients with big bills their health plans won’t cover.Sean Shaw, Florida’s Insurance...
Nov 3 2009 // A former student who had sex with her Hillsborough county teacher is suing the school district for failing to protect her.The lawsuit alleges the school didn’t properly investigate Jaymee Wallace before her hiring...
Nov 3 2009 // Raleigh, North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services, the nation’s seventh largest insurance broker, said it has expanded its southwest Florida operation with the acquisition of Oswald Trippe and Co. Inc. of...
Nov 2 2009 // Trish Wood has joined VanDyke Norman Insurance in St. Augustine, Fla., as an account executive. Wood brings 29 years of insurance experience in St. Augustine to VanDyke Norman Insurance. The addition of Wood to the team at...
Nov 2 2009 // A powerful Florida state senator wants insurance companies and HMOs to stop denying coverage of routine medical treatment, such as doctor’s visits and X-rays, for Florida cancer patients participating in clinical...
Nov 1 2009 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has given the green light to an overall statewide average workers’ compensation rate decrease of 6.8 percent.The decrease, which was proposed by the industry’s...
Nov 1 2009 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer has taken a second look at a home with corrosion from defective Chinese drywall and decided to renew its homeowners’ insurance policy on the house after all.Citizens...
Nov 1 2009 // Leon County Circuit Court Judge John C. Cooper has granted a request by state insurance officials to place American Keystone Insurance Co. in Ponte Vedra Beach into state receivership to be liquidated.American Keystone...
Nov 1 2009 // Homeowners Choice, Inc., a Florida-only homeowners insurance company founded in 2006, has sent a letter to the board of directors of 21st Century Holding Co. proposing a merger between the two companies.In an Oct. 12...
Nov 1 2009 // Homeowners Choice, Inc., a Florida-only homeowners insurance company founded in 2006, has sent a letter to the board of directors of 21st Century Holding Co. proposing a merger between the two companies.In an Oct. 12...
Nov 1 2009 // Independent insurance agents have had plenty to fret about the past year, including falling revenues. Thus stability in the market and pricing for their errors and omissions (E&O) insurance meant there was one less...
Oct 30 2009 // Homeowners Choice, Inc. reports it has been selected as the replacement home insurer for policyholders of American Keystone Insurance Co., which was placed into receivership earlier this month.All of American...
Oct 30 2009 // Florida’s state-backed and largest property insurer will be allowed to raise its rates for homeowners an average 5.4 percent in 2010.The increase is the first one allowed since lawmakers froze the rates of Citizens...
Oct 29 2009 // Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.-based 21st Century Holding Co. said its board of directors has unanimously rejected an unsolicited buyout proposal by Florida-only insurer Homeowners Choice, Inc., which sought to acquire all...
Oct 29 2009 // Steven D. Carroll, Robert Jarratt and Michael H. Lee have been elected as the newest members of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America’s (PCI) Board of Governors.Carroll, serves as executive vice...