All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 2 2022 // A former state representative has announced plans to challenge Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis in this fall’s election, and he’s making Florida’s property insurance crisis a central issue.Adam Hattersley, a...
Mar 2 2022 // With the March 11 scheduled close of its regular session fast approaching, the Florida Legislature remains so focused on putting the finishing touches on its various culture-war signaling bills that one might think...
Mar 2 2022 // Both the former owner of a Rogers, Arkansas-based medical supply and billing company and its former chief executive officer have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in three separate conspiracies to...
Mar 2 2022 // Talking trash about a competitor may be as old as humanity. But a Florida-based workers’ compensation insurance broker is charging that some bad-mouthing by another broker cost it a long-standing relationship with...
Mar 1 2022 // A rescue bill that aims to cut losses and litigation expenses for Florida property insurers passed a state Senate committee Monday, its last stop before a floor vote in the full Senate.But with just 11 days remaining in...
Feb 28 2022 // Bakofsky Named Chief of Staff at Florida OIRFlorida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier announced that communications director Alexis Bakofsky has been elevated to chief of staff. Bakofsky joined the state Office of...
Feb 28 2022 // St. Johns Insurance Co., one of the larger property/casualty insurers based in Florida, is now insolvent and will soon be liquidated.The Florida Department of Financial Services posted a notice Friday that a judge in Leon...
Feb 25 2022 // The Villages Insurance Partners in Florida has named Nathan Boler a personal lines risk consultant. Boler, who began with an Allstate agency in Florida in 2017, then was with State Farm, is now at the Villages Spanish...
Feb 25 2022 // After nine fatal collisions since early November, the Federal Railroad Administration plans to investigate the Brightline passenger train in Florida.“We’re going to start with what we consider to be the most...
Feb 24 2022 // The Florida House of Representatives’ Commerce Committee passed no fewer than five bills Wednesday that could affect property and casualty insurance, from allowing surplus lines carriers to be based in Florida, to...
Feb 24 2022 // A Florida Senate committee wasted little time Wednesday in approving a bill that would require more frequent inspections of condominiums statewide – one of the first pieces of legislation to come out of the rubble of the...
Feb 23 2022 // Another Florida insurance agency, Butler, Buckley & Deets, has joined Renaissance Alliance, a national firm that helps agencies grow. Butler, Buckley & Deets, based in Miami, notes it is one of the oldest insurance...
Feb 23 2022 // From attorneys’ fees to water damage to reimbursement limits in no-fault auto insurance, Florida appeals courts have sided with insurers in several cases in recent days. Here’s a look:Attorney Fees and Another...
Feb 22 2022 // Matt Groenheide, previously with GuideOne Insurance, HDI Global and Zurich, has joined New Paradigm as senior vice president and director of specialty programs. Groenheide will lead a program that matches parametric risk...
Feb 22 2022 // Just as some insurers have tightened requirements for underwriting high-rise condominiums in the wake of the Champlain Towers collapse in Miami Beach last year, now mortgage banks are starkly revising lending rules.The...
Feb 21 2022 // The Florida property insurance market is showing more signs of trouble, with one of the state’s largest carriers deciding to stop writing new homeowner business in the state — while also asking for a rate...
Feb 21 2022 // Many in the insurance industry may think of the Federal Home Loan Bank as an agency that facilitates affordable mortgages for homes.The system, founded in the waning days of the Herbert Hoover administration to support...
Feb 18 2022 // Things are moving fast in Florida’s distressed property insurance market.Just days after St. Johns Insurance Co. announced it would stop writing new homeowner business in Florida, the Demotech rating agency withdrew...
Feb 18 2022 // Tesla Inc. has been sued over an alleged suspension failure in a crash that killed the driver and a passenger in Florida last year and sparked a federal probe.The 2021 Model 3 vehicle had a “defective and...
Feb 18 2022 // A volunteer at a dog rescue center in South Florida died and another woman was injured after a dog attacked them Thursday morning.Local news outlets reported that two women were working with the large, mixed-breed dog at...