All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 7 2022 // Vyrd Insurance Co., one of the few new insurers to brave the distressed Florida property insurance market in recent years, announced that industry veteran Elizabeth Bevelacqua has been named director of sales and...
Jan 6 2022 // A major lawsuit in the collapse of a Florida beachfront condominium building that killed 98 people will go to trial in March 2023, a judge said Wednesday.That’s about six months later than Miami-Dade Circuit Judge...
Jan 5 2022 // A South Florida hospital has temporarily closed its maternity ward due to staff-shortages related to recent outbreaks of COVID-19.Mothers-to-be who had planned on giving birth at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale will...
Jan 4 2022 // The Florida Supreme Court’s call for an additional appellate court and six – now seven – new judges in the state has met with mixed reviews, with some attorneys welcoming the idea, while others, including a few...
Jan 4 2022 // Hackers broke into a South Florida hospital system’s computer network in October, potentially exposing patients’ pesonal information, including medical treatments, driver’s license numbers, phone numbers...
Jan 3 2022 // In an effort to increase awareness of the need for further reforms that could improve the state’s distressed property insurance market, an independent agents’ organization has released a set of infographics for...
Jan 3 2022 // New Florida laws and regulations that govern insurance matters took effect Sunday. Some are minor changes to existing laws, but others could affect insurers and agents for years to come.Here’s a look at some of the...
Dec 30 2021 // A federal judge has found that Skanksa USA, part of one of the largest construction companies in the world, failed to secure its barges before a 2020 Florida hurricane hit. The ruling opens the door to hundreds of lawsuits...
Dec 29 2021 // More than a dozen one-of-a-kind Hermes handbags with an estimated value of about $1 million were stolen in a smash-and-grab burglary from a boutique store in South Florida, the store owner said.The unique luxury bags were...
Dec 29 2021 // A Florida woman whose leg had to be amputated because of an infection after a pedicure has reached a $1.75 million settlement with the nail salon, her attorney said.An employee at Tammy’s Nails 2 in Tampa cut Clara...
Dec 28 2021 // A Florida claims adjuster that authorities called the mastermind behind an extensive property insurance fraud scheme has been sentenced to three years in prison.Walter Malet, 32, of Orlando, was convicted of pilfering more...
Dec 28 2021 // Few things in Florida workers’ compensation have been a bigger issue over the last decade than claimants’ attorneys’ fees. Despite two landmark appeals court rulings barring limits on fees, employers and...
Dec 22 2021 // Alliant Insurance Services, a distributor, announced it has expanded its Florida team with the addition of William “Jib” Reagan as vice president over the employee benefits group, and Stephanie Grosso as...
Dec 22 2021 // Coverage disputes often hinge on the exact wording of an insurance policy. In a case in federal court in South Florida, the issue came down to not only the wording, but the punctuation – namely, a question about a single...
Dec 21 2021 // Stewart Information Services Corp. reported it has acquired firms in the Midwest and Florida as it continues to gain scale. Stewart has acquired Greater Illinois Title Co., which is headquartered in Chicago, and operates...
Dec 21 2021 // A Florida man has been sentenced to five years in prison for setting fires behind the same Tampa Bay-area grocery store three days in a row starting on Christmas last year.Robert Timon Lovett, 50, of Bradenton, was...
Dec 21 2021 // When the Florida insurance world heard that a newly formed homeowners’ insurance carrier was stepping into the troubled Florida waters, reactions ranged from cynical to apoplectic.Few people have given the new...
Dec 21 2021 // For the fourth time this year, a Florida appeals court has decided in favor of People’s Trust Insurance Co., requiring homeowners to let the carrier’s chosen contractor make the needed repairs.“Yes, this...
Dec 16 2021 // The board of governors for Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s state-backed insurer of last resort, wants the maximum allowed rate increase – 11% for next year and 12% for 2023 – in an effort to stem the...
Dec 14 2021 // More than 400 claims-adjusting firms have been licensed in Florida in the last month, in keeping with a state law that requires that firms, not just adjusters, go through the licensing process, the state’s chief...