All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 31 2024 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has named Chenoa Dall vice president and an employee benefits producer, based in Naples, Florida. Dall Dall, originally from Vermont, was previously with Brown & Brown Insurance...
Jul 31 2024 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida police union leader blasted prosecutors Monday for bringing a criminal case against four officers over a 2019 shootout with two robbers that left a UPS driver and a passerby dead,...
Jul 30 2024 // Michigan-headquartered Highstreet Insurance Partners, a rapidly growing, multistate insurance agency, has added to its Florida presence with the acquisition of Flagler Insurance Agency, based in Palm Beach, Florida. The...
Jul 30 2024 // Confie, a California-based personal lines distributor, has acquired three insurance agencies in the South, the firm said last week.Affordable Insurance in Hendersonville, North Carolina; US1 Insurance in Miami; and...
Jul 29 2024 // TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge issued a final order Friday to overturn a Florida law pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that attempted to limit diversity and race-based discussions in private workplaces. U.S....
Jul 29 2024 // Allstate’s Florida subsidiaries are continuing to nonrenew thousands of condominium unit policies over the next several months, delivering another blow for beleaguered condo owners across the state.The Palm Beach...
Jul 25 2024 // GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Billy Napier and two co-defendants on Tuesday filed motions to dismiss quarterback Jaden Rashada’s lawsuit regarding a failed name, image and likeness deal worth nearly $14...
Jul 24 2024 // DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. (BRO), one of the largest U.S. insurance brokerages, this week reported second-quarter net income of $257 million, up from $190 million for the second...
Jul 23 2024 // Communities in southwest Florida will continue to enjoy discounts on National Flood Insurance, at least for now, after federal authorities granted a temporary reprieve to punitive actions taken over inappropriate...
Jul 22 2024 // WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism...
Jul 22 2024 // Reinsurance in Florida’s long-stressed property insurance market was supposed to have stabilized this year – with moderate rate increases and more availability.But those calmer waters apparently have not reached...
Jul 18 2024 // HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lisa Bregenzer’s waterfront home was her “little slice of heaven.” She watched sunsets and migrating birds from the porch, the Gulf of Mexico in the distance. There, she...
Jul 16 2024 // Florida Peninsula Holdings and Windward Holdings, which together own and manage Florida Peninsula Insurance Co., Edison Insurance and Ovation Home Insurance Exchange, has named its co-founder vice chairman of the...
Jul 15 2024 // The board of governors for Florida’s state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp. voted unanimously in June to raise personal lines rates by an average of 14% statewide – near the maximum allowed under the...
Jul 12 2024 // Florida Tax Watch, a nonprofit government watchdog in operation for 45 years, is urging state lawmakers to expand wind-mitigation tax breaks for homeowners struggling with higher insurance premiums.The group this week...
Jul 11 2024 // Stacks Insurance Brokerage in Lighthouse Point, Florida, has named Kenny Bordman partner and president of commercial insurance. Bordman has more than a decade in commercial insurance, preceded by years in the U.S. Army and...
Jul 11 2024 // ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Environmental groups and Florida regulators have settled a lawsuit over the 2021 leak of millions of gallons of polluted water from a phosphate plant reservoir into Tampa Bay, which triggered...
Jul 9 2024 // In 1997, Florida lawmakers tweaked the state’s personal injury protection or “no-fault” auto insurance law. The idea was to allow school kids injured in a school bus accident to have some of their medical...
Jul 9 2024 // Homebuilder-stock analysts are increasingly worried about signs of softening in key hot spots like Florida and Texas.Lennar Corp. and D.R. Horton Inc. were downgraded by Citigroup Inc. analyst Anthony Pettinari on concerns...
Jul 8 2024 // An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help provide the nation with renewable energy.As large parts of the Sunshine State’s once-famous citrus...