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#1 Many Snowbirds Looking to Pack Up and Fly North For Good; Florida Hit Hard

Apr 29 2025 // The number of Canadian “snowbirds” planning to sell their second homes in sunny Florida and Arizona has surged this spring, many of them put off by the sudden chill that has blanketed relations between their...

#2 Florida Bill Advances, Would End Board of Engineers, Other Professional Agencies

Apr 21 2025 // Elon Musk’s age of government efficiency has spread to Florida, with legislation advanced last week that would abolish at least 22 state boards that oversee licensing and disciplinary reviews for engineers,...

#3 South Florida Insurance Broker Pleads Guilty to Fraud in $133M ACA Enrollment Scheme

Apr 22 2025 // A south Florida insurance broker is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty last week to a $134 million scheme that fraudulently enrolled thousands of people in Affordable Care Act health insurance plans.Dafud Iza, 54,...

#4 Florida Bill Passes Making it Easier for Agents to Seek Surplus Lines Coverage

May 6 2025 // Starting July 1, Florida insurance agents will no longer need to make a “diligent effort” to find coverage for hard-to-place properties before turning to surplus lines insurance if the governor signs House Bill...

#5 Florida Condo Bill Gives Owners Some Slack But Brings New Insurance Concerns

May 7 2025 // Florida lawmakers late last week gave final approval to a long-debated condominium bill, one designed to give condo owners a little relief on the high cost of bringing structures up to code.But the final version of the...

#6 Florida’s Anchor Insurance is Reborn as Patriot Select With $29M in Capital

Apr 17 2025 // It was once known as Anchor Property & Casualty Insurance Co., based in St. Petersburg, Florida, and launched in 2014. Then it was known as another Florida carrier that had slipped into financial troubles and was...

#7 Did Florida House ‘Sneak’ Attorney Fee Wording Into Phosphate Mine Bill?

Apr 28 2025 // A late amendment to a phosphate mine bill has set off alarm bells among some in the Florida insurance industry, with concerns that it could cut out the heart of 2022 and 2023 legislative changes that disincentivized...

#8 Growing Fast, Going Public: Florida’s American Integrity Insurance Files for IPO

Apr 15 2025 // American Integrity Insurance, one of the largest property insurance carriers in Florida with more than 350,000 policies in force, is going to Wall Street with an initial public offering.The Tampa-based parent company,...

#9 Florida Class Action Targets Litigation Funding Firm Over Data Breach

Apr 25 2025 // Third-party litigation financing have become big business across the country, much to the chagrin of businesses and insurance companies that have faced multi-million lawsuit verdicts.But now one Florida-based litigation...

#10 Florida Citizens ‘Going Naked’ on Reinsurance Below Cat Fund Layer

May 2 2025 // Reinsurance prices have dropped since Florida’s 2022-2023 litigation reform measures were enacted, but the biggest rate reductions are mostly for reinsurance above what the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund...

#11 Florida Lawmakers Vote to Repeal ‘Free Kill’ Law Affecting Med Mal Suits

May 2 2025 // Adult children and parents of young adults who died under medical care will soon be able to recover punitive and pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice lawsuits if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill into...

#12 Walmart Employee Kills Co-Worker in Georgia, Driver in Florida Injures Store Worker

Apr 14 2025 // COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — A Walmart employee shot and killed a co-worker inside a Georgia store and critically wounded another worker outside early Friday while the business was closed to the public, authorities said. After...

#13 Attorney Fee Amendment Shot Down by Florida Senate; Condo Relief Bill Passes

May 1 2025 // Florida’s Senate late Wednesday refused to go along with a prevailing-party attorney-fee amendment to a phosphate mine bill, likely leaving it dead for 2025 as the legislative session nears the end.The amendment to...

#14 Major Florida Grower to Build New Home Development After Ending Citrus Operations

Apr 18 2025 // FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — One of Florida’s biggest citrus growers plans to build a 3,000-acre (1,200 hectare) community in southwest Florida, just months after announcing it was abandoning its citrus-growing...

#15 Citadel Lobbies for Four-Year Non-Competes in Home State of Florida

May 9 2025 // Ken Griffin’s Citadel is putting its Florida lobbying muscle behind an effort to allow four-year non-compete clauses and garden leaves in its home state, tightening employers’ hold on well-paid staffers and...

#16 Florida Art Dealer Charged in Fake Warhol Artwork Scheme

Apr 14 2025 // MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida art dealer and another man face charges involving the sale of fake Andy Warhol artworks, authorities said.Leslie Roberts, 62, of Miami, and Carlos Miguel Rodriguez Melendez, 37, of Sunny...

#17 Appeals Court: Florida Deputy Used Excessive Force and is Not Immune from Suit

May 13 2025 // A Sarasota County sheriff’s deputy used excessive force on a handicapped, 100-pound driver in 2020 and is not entitled to immunity from lawsuits, a federal appeals court ruled in a case that could affect...

#18 Judge Says Local Police Must Halt Enforcement of Florida Immigration Law

May 1 2025 // MIAMI (AP) — A federal judge told attorneys for the state of Florida on Tuesday that an order freezing the enforcement of a new state immigration law absolutely applies to all of the state’s local law enforcement...

#19 People: Florida-Based Security First Elevates Two to Key Roles

Apr 15 2025 // Security First Insurance, one of the larger carriers in Florida, with 136,500 policies in force, has elevated two people to key positions. Scot Moore was named chief financial officer, the insurer said in an announcement...

#20 Florida Bill Would End Board of Engineers and Other Professional Agencies, Raising Concerns for Insurance Industry

May 5 2025 // Elon Musk’s age of government efficiency has spread to Florida, with legislation that would abolish at least 22 state boards that oversee licensing and disciplinary reviews for engineers, contractors, building...