All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 15 2020 // Walt Disney Co. and unions representing workers at Florida’s Walt Disney World have reached an agreement on safeguards to protect employees from coronavirus, a union statement said on Thursday, removing one of the...
May 15 2020 // Cities and counties across the country may have handed plaintiff’s attorneys an argument to use in lawsuits against insurers that seek business-interruption coverage for losses caused by coronavirus closure...
May 15 2020 // Capitol Preferred Insurance Co., one of the top writers of homeowners insurance in Florida, has received approval from the state’s insurance regulator to shed 23,800 policies just weeks before the start of hurricane...
May 13 2020 // Customer service representatives holding a particular Florida insurance license will be able to continue conducting business remotely until at least July 7.A directive issued by Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis that allows...
May 12 2020 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s insurer of last resort, has moved forward with an independent study that will evaluate the insurer’s potential exposures from the state’s troubled property...
May 11 2020 // For two sleepless nights, Kelly Kniss had wondered what had become of her home in the Florida Panhandle and the two dozen hens she and her husband Ryan had left behind after authorities ordered them to grab what they could...
May 10 2020 // Nursing homes are right in the middle of the deadly coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S, with more than 28%, or nearly 20,000, of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths happening in these long term care facilities, according...
May 8 2020 // Firefighters in the Florida Panhandle have been battling wildfires that forced some 1,600 people to evacuate from their homes, and a stretch of Interstate 10 remained closed in both directions Thursday morning due to...
May 7 2020 // As Florida slowly reopens, officials are now contemplating what they should do if the coronavirus outbreak lingers into hurricane season, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday.Hurricane season begins June 1 and usually...
May 6 2020 // Florida partially reopened Monday, allowing restaurants and shops in most of the state to open at 25% capacity in hopes of kick-starting the ailing economy after weeks of coronavirus-related shutdowns.Business owners and...
May 5 2020 // BKS-Partners, an insurance brokerage and risk management firm headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has appointed Kelly Nash to Regional president.As BKS-Partners Regional president, Nash will take responsibility over the...
May 5 2020 // A Florida nurse filed an equal opportunity complaint alleging her condo rental application was denied because her ICU job brings her in contact with novel coronavirus patients.Jennifer Piraino said she submitted an...
May 4 2020 // Nursing homes are right in the middle of the deadly coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S, with more than 20%, or 11,000, of the nation’s COVID-19 deaths happening in these long term care facilities, according to a...
May 4 2020 // World Insurance Associates, Lewis-Chester AssociatesWorld Insurance Associates LLC acquired Lewis-Chester Associates Inc. of Summit, N.J., on Feb. 1, 2020. Founded in 1947, Lewis-Chester Associates is a full service,...
May 4 2020 // The Florida Division of Agent and Agency Services will resume its ability to begin processing insurance agent licenses despite the closure of testing centers around the state, under a directive from Florida CFO Jimmy...
May 4 2020 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an informational memorandum to all insurers and entities authorized to write workers’ compensation insurance providing guidance on the treatment of policyholders...
May 1 2020 // Florida’s restaurants and retail stores will be allowed to reopen Monday at 25% capacity, if the local government allows it, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday, as the state begins the slow climb from the economic...
May 1 2020 // Third Coast Underwriters (3CU), a national workers’ compensation insurance company, is expanding into Florida and Wisconsin. With the expansion, the company will offer its workers’ compensation coverage in 21...
Apr 30 2020 // Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis has sent a demand letter to Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai demanding financial restitution from the Communist Party of China (CPC) for...
Apr 29 2020 // Velocity Risk Underwriters LLC has expanded its insurance products for homeowners in coastal areas of Florida and Texas.The company launched Velocity Flex Home as an additional homeowners product in Texas and Florida to...