All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 31 2020 // USG Insurance Services, Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, has hired Mark Morgan as producer/broker: Property, in Tampa, Fla.Morgan has 19 years of industry experience, most recently serving as director of New Business...
Jul 30 2020 // PCF Insurance Services (PCF), headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., has acquired Horizon Insurance, a Bradenton, Fla.-based provider of personal, commercial and financial services insurance.Horizon Insurance is an...
Jul 29 2020 // The coronavirus transformed Florida’s nursing homes into closely guarded fortresses beginning in March, with the state banning family visits, isolating infected residents in separate wings and now requiring staff be...
Jul 28 2020 // Florida’s state-run insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will extend its moratorium on cancellations and nonrenewals until the end of 2020 despite saying earlier this month it would resume processing them on...
Jul 27 2020 // Florida’s top business regulator said Saturday that he planned to set up meetings with bar owners to discuss how they can reopen their businesses again safely, as the Sunshine State surpassed New York State in the...
Jul 23 2020 // The State of New York may be on the verge of making the same mistake that has driven Florida auto insurance premiums through the roof, and that did the same in California until its high court learned the error of its...
Jul 23 2020 // BRP Group, Inc., an independent insurance distribution firm, has appointed Erin King as chief colleague officer.As a key member of BRP Group’s executive leadership team, King will continue to build and foster a...
Jul 23 2020 // Ohio-based Golden Eagle Insurance and Innovative Risk Solutions are merging to form a new company, Unitas Financial Services. The merger is expected to be completed by Jan. 1, 2021.Innovative Risk Solutions is...
Jul 22 2020 // Florida teachers sued Monday to block what they call the “reckless and unsafe reopening” of public school campuses for face-to-face instruction.The Florida Education Association lawsuit argues that reopening...
Jul 22 2020 // A recent opinion by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals involving a case against the insurer of a Florida hotel could clarify an issue of sublimits and have a significant impact on how policies are written in the future,...
Jul 22 2020 // What’s the secret of longevity for an insurance agency, or really any business, that has been in operation for 150 years and shows no sign of slowing down?“At the end of the day you take care of your clientele,...
Jul 21 2020 // Upward Drone Solutions was only in business for a few months before the coronavirus pandemic hit and much of its work cleaning the exteriors of buildings dried up.Andy Godfrey, CEO of the Pensacola Beach-based business,...
Jul 20 2020 // The Florida Division of Emergency Management closed down part of its facilities after 12 employees tested positive for coronavirus.The areas where the employees work were going through a deep clean over the weekend and...
Jul 20 2020 // Miami-Dade County plans to start aggressively enforcing rules designed to combat the rapidly spreading coronavirus as Florida reported more than 11,000 new cases Friday adding to a caseload that is straining the...
Jul 20 2020 // “This legislation is likely unconstitutional. We will aggressively defend against any attempt to undermine contracts, or violate basic due process, government takings, and contracts clauses of the U.S Constitution,...
Jul 17 2020 // A Florida city official pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in a scheme to bilk the federal government out of $5 million in Hurricane Michael cleanup money, the U.S. attorney’s office announced.Former Lynn Haven...
Jul 16 2020 // A Florida judge has recommended the Florida Supreme Court deny the motion to dissolve the suspension of a Florida attorney who, with his firm, has filed thousands of assignment of benefit and first party lawsuits against...
Jul 16 2020 // Global reinsurance capital fell 6% to $590 billion for the first quarter of 2020, Aon reported in its June/July Reinsurance Market Outlook report.The report, which also looks at changes in reinsurance demand levels,...
Jul 14 2020 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s insurer of last resort, will resume processing cancellations and nonrenewal notices next month after halting them back in March in response to the state’s...
Jul 13 2020 // Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as its daily average death toll...