All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 19 2023 // The Florida Supreme Court has underscored the right for plaintiffs to win legal fees in some cases, even if they don’t prevail in court. The decision suggests that insurance companies’ efforts to reduce...
Jun 19 2023 // Specialty, Socius Insurance ServicesRyan Specialty has signed a definitive agreement to buy national wholesale broker Socius Insurance Services from Abry Partners, employees, and other shareholders. Socius will become a...
Jun 19 2023 // Florida’s legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis took a big step forward during the 2023 Legislative Session with the signing of House Bill 837, which protects the state’s consumers and business owners from runaway...
Jun 19 2023 // SFR Services, a Florida restoration firm made famous by its volume of claims litigation and its charges that United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. had instructed desk adjusters to alter their estimates, now finds...
Jun 16 2023 // Farmers Insurance has confirmed it has halted sales of new homeowners policies in Florida just as the new hurricane season is getting underway.The insurer cited rising costs as the reason. “With catastrophe costs at...
Jun 16 2023 // Jacksonville’s Smart Pharmacy, Inc., SP2, LLC, and owner Gregory Balotin have agreed to pay at least $7.4 million to resolve lawsuits filed in Jacksonville, Florida, alleging they violated the False Claims Act by...
Jun 16 2023 // Five dogs were killed in an RV fire the day before a dog show was set to begin in Florida, officials said.The fire was first reported Tuesday afternoon at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Hillsborough County Fire...
Jun 14 2023 // One of the last property insurance-related bills to come out of the 2023 regular session of the Florida Legislature was signed into law this week, potentially saving insurers some cash, giving them some flexibility on rate...
Jun 13 2023 // Florida authorities are investigating a steakhouse after seven patrons were hospitalized with what may have been poisoning from narcotics. Santa Rosa County Sheriff said that some type of narcotic was in the food at Nikko...
Jun 13 2023 // A December fire at a fireworks company warehouse, which killed four workers and gravely injured a fifth, was preventable, but the company will face just $109,375 in fines, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health...
Jun 12 2023 // The family of an Illinois woman killed in a 2022 crash while she and two children were parasailing in the Florida Keys filed a second lawsuit connected to her death this week and reflected on the tragic end to a family...
Jun 12 2023 // It’s no secret that the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry does not always enjoy a sterling reputation among consumers. As one insurance professor recently put it, the industry’s rank in public opinion...
Jun 12 2023 // A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed the bankruptcy of 3M subsidiary Aearo Technologies, rejecting an effort to resolve nearly 260,000 lawsuits alleging that 3M military earplugs caused hearing loss for veterans and U.S....
Jun 9 2023 // For the first time in six years, Florida has a new health care provider reimbursement manual, governing workers’ compensation fees for doctors.But the manual already could be considered three years out of date. It...
Jun 9 2023 // A summer that has already seen water crises and wildfire smoke is rapidly becoming an inflection point in the pitched battle between climate change and the price of homeowners’ insurance in the US.American...
Jun 8 2023 // A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 21/2-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.Susan...
Jun 8 2023 // Despite the Florida Legislature taking major steps to rein in the cost of roof claims and litigation, at least two insurers have come out with broad roof endorsements that seek to bar claims for wear and tear, poor...
Jun 7 2023 // Shoppers at a Florida mall managed to pull two children out of a burning car after their mother left them alone while she shoplifted, police said.The vehicle caught fire May 26 outside the Oviedo Mall, just northeast of...
Jun 7 2023 // The owner of several Key West staffing companies is on his way to prison after a federal judge sentenced him to more than two years for hiring unauthorized alien workers and failing to pay taxes on their wages.Batyr...
Jun 6 2023 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a rate hearing Thursday, June 8, on Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s proposed 12.5% average increase for homeowners and larger increases for other types...