All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 11 2023 // A Florida man who was driving his Tesla at least 116 mph (186 kph) before crashing into a house and killing two people in 2021 has been sentenced to 27 years in prison.Vaughn Mongan, 45, of Palm Harbor, was sentenced...
May 11 2023 // When a bill passed at a December special session of the Florida Legislature required all Citizens Property Insurance policyholders to buy flood insurance, many owners in high-rise condominiums were outraged. Already facing...
May 10 2023 // Florida may study whether a radioactive waste byproduct of fertilizer production can be used to help build roads under a bill passed by the Legislature.The proposal, which awaits a signature from Republican Gov. Ron...
May 10 2023 // Disney on Monday amended its free speech lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to add recent developments in the tit-for-tat fight between the entertainment giant and the Florida governor, such as a new law granting the state...
May 10 2023 // With the Florida legislative changes passed in December – prohibiting assignments of benefits and one-way attorney fees – there is now an opportunity to change the dynamic in Florida and create a more stable...
May 9 2023 // Most people will be familiar with the posters at workplaces noting the number of days since a lost-time work injury.Well, there’s a dirty little secret behind that, one that helps employers avoid higher experience...
May 8 2023 // Bob Menke, the man who founded St. Petersburg-based Bankers Insurance Co., one of the oldest property insurers in Florida, died last week at age 89.“The company that Bob founded in 1976 has grown into one of the...
May 4 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.Insurers affected by Hurricane Ian’s damaging path across Florida at the end of September 2022 faced operational, regulatory and statutory requirements for...
May 3 2023 // More rich and more poor residents will qualify for home-hardening grants under an expanded My Safe Florida Home measure approved by lawmakers.House Bill 881, if signed into law, will raise the wind-mitigation grant level...
May 3 2023 // The Florida House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would prohibit assignments of benefits for windshield repairs, sending it to the governor for his signature.Senate Bill 1002, passed by a...
May 2 2023 // Risk retention groups may not be the sexiest of insurance topics, but they have gained new attention this week after the Florida House of Representatives approved a bill that would require strong financial ratings for the...
May 1 2023 // A south Florida jury has awarded $5.5 million to a woman who sued her condominium association after years of water infiltration and mold that the woman blamed for the death of her longtime domestic partner in 2021.The...
May 1 2023 // President Joe Biden declared Florida’s Broward County a disaster area Friday, two weeks after record-breaking rain left parts of Fort Lauderdale and its suburbs flooded.Gov. Ron DeSantis had requested the declaration...
Apr 28 2023 // The Florida Senate has unanimously approved an amended version of the Insurer Accountability Act, removing some reporting requirements for property insurers. The amended bill would continue to bar insurers from altering...
Apr 28 2023 // Two back-to-back federal court decisions may have dealt a lethal blow to recent proposed class actions that sought interest on property insurers’ late claims payments. But the rulings have left some insureds and...
Apr 27 2023 // Tesla supervisors at a Florida service center violated U.S. labor law by telling employees not to discuss pay and other working conditions or bring complaints to higher level managers, a U.S. labor board official has...
Apr 27 2023 // South Florida authorities are still investigating after two pesticide workers died and a third was hospitalized after fumigating a Pompano Beach warehouse. The three workers sprayed the Baer’s Furniture Warehouse...
Apr 27 2023 // A Florida man is charged with murder and other offenses in the slaying and dismemberment of an Uber Eats driver who had brought food to the assailant’s house, authorities said Tuesday.Oscar Solis Jr., 30, is charged...
Apr 26 2023 // Residents of a South Florida waterfront condominium that was deemed unsafe during a recent inspection have until Tuesday morning to evacuate.A building engineer conducting an inspection on April 14 for the Majestic Isle...
Apr 25 2023 // A Florida prosecutor has ordered an investigation in a confrontation in which a homeowner fired shots into a couple’s car when they mistakenly turned onto his property while making a late-night grocery delivery....