All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 7 2021 // The Florida property insurance community was abuzz this week after word got out that a closely watched complaint about some public adjusters’ apparent conflicts of interest had been withdrawn.The head of...
Oct 5 2021 // Florida insurance regulators are set to hold two hearings in the next three weeks to examine workers’ compensation rates and worker notification issues.On Oct. 14, the Office of Insurance Regulation will host a...
Oct 5 2021 // It started out as a relatively minor automobile accident a decade ago. Now, after multiple appeals and more than a million dollars spent on expert witnesses, a Florida appeals court has again remanded a State Farm...
Oct 5 2021 // A Florida appeals court has reversed a trial judge, finding that a homeowner’s State Farm policy did not cover damages from a septic tank leak because of a fungus endorsement on the policy.In State Farm Florida...
Oct 4 2021 // Two insurance companies announced expansions in Florida last week.Jacksonville-based We Insure Inc., an independent insurance franchise company, said it had opened the We Insure John Douglas Insurance agency in Panama...
Oct 4 2021 // The Florida Insurance Guaranty Association is urging insurers to hold off on sending homeowners’ policy renewals until state regulators decide if they will approve a surcharge on premiums to help cover more than $168...
Oct 4 2021 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. president Barry Gilway said at a board of governors meeting that the organization is considering “all ideas to reduce exposure” as policies mount by the thousands.Gilway said...
Oct 1 2021 // JZZ Technologies Inc. has acquired Florida-based Beacon Insurance Solutions, part of its continuing effort to reach the senior adult market with insurance and other services, the companies announced. “Following this...
Oct 1 2021 // As Citizens Property Insurance, Florida’s state-created insurer of last resort, works to reduce its exposure, officials there may take heart from three court rulings handed down this week. A fourth decision, however,...
Sep 30 2021 // Patriot Growth Insurance Services, less than three years old, has added a Florida firm to its army of insurance agencies around the country. The company, which calls itself one of the fastest growing national insurance...
Sep 30 2021 // If doctors offer differing opinions on a work injury, a judge must appoint a third physician to help settle the matter, according to Florida’s workers’ compensation rules. And an administrative law judge must...
Sep 29 2021 // In what may be a sign of the climate times, a Florida county has declared a local state of emergency after a weather event — even without hope of much assistance from the state or federal government.The declaration...
Sep 23 2021 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. president Barry Gilway said at a Wednesday board of governors meeting that the organization is considering “all ideas to reduce exposure” as policies mount by the...
Sep 21 2021 // The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into a crash of a Tesla Inc. vehicle, the second probe by the agency of a fatal accident involving the electric carmaker’s models in less than six...
Sep 17 2021 // New litigated claims for Florida’s largest property and casualty insurers dropped to 4,313 in August, a 35% decrease from July, according to data compiled by litigation management software provider CaseGlide.The...
Sep 14 2021 // COVID-19 has inflicted significant damage on Florida’s events industry, costing revenue, forcing changes in how the state’s venues operate and limiting options for how conventions, trade shows and concerts are...
Sep 13 2021 // Tower Hill Insurance Group, based in Gainesville, Florida, has announced the formation of its newest risk-bearing entity, Tower Hill Insurance Exchange (THIE). THIE will be a reciprocal insurer whereby the policyholders,...
Sep 9 2021 // Tropical Storm Mindy is expected to produce two to four inches of rainfall across the Florida Panhandle into southern Georgia and South Carolina through Tuesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center.Mindy was...
Sep 3 2021 // Florida workers’ compensation rates are set to decline again as the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has proposed a statewide rate decrease of 4.9% in the voluntary market.The rates would take effect...
Sep 1 2021 // A new Florida law designed to deter violent public demonstrations is instead unconstitutionally chilling free speech and legitimate rights to protest, a federal judge was told Monday.Attorneys for several organizations...