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Fla. DFS Offers to Check Contracts With Roofers, Adjusters; Tenn. Eyes Claims Denials

Oct 30 2024 // Officials in two Southeastern states have taken steps to hold insurers or recipients of insurance funds accountable after Hurricanes Helene and Milton spurred thousands of insurance claims.The Tennessee Department of...

Florida Home Inspector Used Stock Photos 200 Times, Defrauding Citizens, DFS Says

Sep 12 2024 // A Florida home inspector allegedly used the same stock photographs in more than 200 home and wind-mitigation inspections, costing Citizens Property Insurance Corp. more than $88,000, the state Department of Financial...

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...

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