Florida Commission Accepts Three New Flood Models as Storm Impacts Rise November 14, 2024 By William Rabb As with computer models that help predict risk from hurricane winds, insurers now have more than one model to use...
South Carolina Lab Recaptures 5 More Escaped Monkeys But 13 Still on the Loose November 13, 2024 YEMASSEE, S.C. (AP) — Employees at a South Carolina compound that breeds monkeys for medical research have recaptured five more...
Investment Firm Executive Lindberg Admits $2 Billion Fraud November 13, 2024 By Annie Massa and David Voreacos, Bloomberg North Carolina investment firm founder Greg Lindberg, already convicted this year on bribery charges, pleaded guilty to a separate $2...
People Moves: US Premium Finance Hires Malone From AFCO Direct November 13, 2024 US Premium Finance, a division of Atlanta-based Ameris Bank, named Alan Malone director of sales and marketing. Malone has more...
Suvivors Want to Rebuild Safer, But Cost Misperceptions Can Stand in the Way November 12, 2024 By Susan Ostermann and Abbie Liel As Florida and the Southeast begin recovering from 2024’s destructive hurricanes, many people are asking: How can we rebuild sustainably...
FEMA Fires Manager Who Told Staff to Skip Homes With Trump Signs November 12, 2024 A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee who ordered workers to bypass homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump has...
Nonresident Surplus Brokers in Alabama Must Have $50,000 Bond Starting Jan. 1 November 12, 2024 Nonresident surplus lines brokers working in Alabama, like their in-state brethren, must secure a $50,000 fidelity bond to be licensed...
Update: Citizens Resumes Binding as Rafael Turns Away From Florida November 8, 2024 Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has lifted its suspension on binding of policies as Hurricane Rafael turned away from Florida...
Florida Boom Metros See Biggest Drop in Home Prices Since 2011 November 8, 2024 By Michael Sasso An area along Florida’s west coast including affluent Sarasota is seeing the worst home price declines since the aftermath of...
SageSure Expands HO Business in Mississippi, Louisiana November 7, 2024 SageSure, a managing general underwriter for catastrophe-exposed markets, said it has joined with Auros Reciprocal Insurance Exchange to bring more...