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DFS: Florida Claims Adjuster Arrested in $11M Scheme that Sent Checks to Conspirators

Sep 29 2023 // Additional arrests are expected after a 41-year-old south Florida claims adjuster was charged this week in an elaborate scheme that allegedly rang up more than $11 million in fraudulent insurance payments to hundreds of...

Florida DFS Provides Grants for Firefighters’ Cancer Decontamination Equipment

Aug 16 2023 // Florida firefighters are covered by a limited presumption if they are diagnosed with cancer, but some fire departments still need special cleaning systems to remove carcinogens from gear.To help with that, Florida’s...

Payroll Was Millions More than Florida Contractor Reported, DFS Says

Jul 27 2023 // A south Florida contractor faces significant jail time after he was arrested for vastly underreporting his payroll to his workers’ compensation insurer.Hector Gutierrez-Morales, owner of HG & AKE Construction...

Florida DFS Charges Claims Adjuster with Submitting $24,000 in Fraudulent Auto Claims

May 26 2023 // Florida investigators have charged a former Progressive Insurance claims adjuster with fraud, alleging that she used claimants’ identities to submit fraudulent auto claims, then pocketed almost $24,000 in...

Florida DFS Posts Autopsy Reports on 18 Insolvent Insurers, 2012-2017

May 23 2022 // A week after a Florida news report pointed out that few people seem to know that post-insolvency autopsies are required by law, the state Department of Financial Services has posted 18 of the reports for property insurers...

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