All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2023 // Almost two months after three independent adjusters told Florida lawmakers that insurance carriers have frequently doctored their damage assessment reports, the men said they’ve had no contact from state agencies...
Feb 1 2023 // The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors, in a special meeting Tuesday, surprised some in the Florida insurance industry by naming its general counsel as CEO – without a nationwide search.The board voted...
Feb 1 2023 // One year after Slide Insurance made waves by taking over thousands of policies from a troubled Florida carrier, the young company has done it again.The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation on Tuesday signed a consent...
Feb 1 2023 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has laid down the law, requiring Florida workers’ compensation insurers to verify employees before arbitrarily charging premium for subcontractors’ exempt...
Jan 31 2023 // Federal authorities in Florida have charged 25 people with participating in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal shortcut for aspiring nurses to get licensed and find employment.Recently unsealed federal grand jury...
Jan 30 2023 // At least one of Allstate Insurance group’s Florida subsidiaries plans to non-renew 33,000 Florida condominium policies, starting in June.In a notice sent to Florida agents this month, Allstate said its Castle Key...
Jan 27 2023 // After 18 years, a $1.5 billion project was officially completed to repair the sprawling dike around Florida’s Lake Okeechobee that protects thousands of people from potentially catastrophic flooding during...
Jan 27 2023 // Risk Strategies, a national insurance brokerage, has acquired Florida’s Tanenbaum-Harber, a risk management and insurance advisor. Based in Miramar, Florida, Tanenbaum-Harber traces its beginnings to 1860, the...
Jan 26 2023 // After American Integrity Insurance Co. filed for a binding arbitration endorsement on homeowner policies one year ago, many in the industry expected a wave of other insurers to follow suit as claims litigation costs...
Jan 23 2023 // Florida lawmakers can fine local government officials who attempt to restrict gun and ammunition sales under a state law upheld by the state Supreme Court on Thursday.Former Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried...
Jan 23 2023 // Florida officials have taken strong action against two of the insurance industry’s most-detested adversaries, disbarring a notorious plaintiffs’ attorney who filed thousands of frivolous claims lawsuits and...
Jan 20 2023 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday awarded $100 million for beach erosion projects and other restoration efforts in 16 coastal counties damaged by Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Nicole.The Republican announced the funding...
Jan 20 2023 // U.S. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Sarasota, is improving after sustained serious injuries when he fell 25 feet off a ladder while cutting tree limbs at his home on Florida’s Gulf Coast.The 44-year-old congressman, in office...
Jan 20 2023 // Five weeks after three independent adjusters told Florida lawmakers that insurance carriers have frequently doctored their damage assessment reports, the men said they’ve had no contact from state agencies about the...
Jan 19 2023 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking a federal court to bar a Florida drug company from making or shipping any more adulterated pharmaceutical ingredients and products that do not meet quality control...
Jan 18 2023 // New Jersey-based World Insurance Associates has acquired Volaris Insurance Group of Tampa.World Insurance, one of the larger brokerages in the United States, said in a statement that Volaris will expand the broker’s...
Jan 17 2023 // Physician dispensing of medications has long been a flash point in workers’ compensation insurance, with at least 22 states regulating or restricting the practice. Florida is no exception to the controversy, and...
Jan 13 2023 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is reminding property/casualty carriers that litigation cost data for 2022 is due March 1.The data call was required by Senate Bill 76 in 2021 as a way to determine the amount of...
Jan 10 2023 // A woman died after she was thrown from a horse at a rodeo in the Florida panhandle, authorities said Sunday. The 56-year-old woman had just finished competing in a barrel race at the Baker Rodeo on Saturday when she was...
Jan 9 2023 // A former Florida claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Group has pleaded guilty to participating in a brazen plan in which suspects posed as law officers and robbed alleged drug dealers in the...