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13 Charged in Pennsylvania With Selling Luxury Autos Stolen From Florida
Aug 8 2025 // Pennsylvania law enforcement officials have charged 13 people in a scheme of reselling luxury autos stolen from Florida. Attorney General Dave Sunday said the central Pennsylvania-based criminal enterprise involved...
Florida Reports 21 Cases of E. Coli Infections From Drinking Raw Milk
Aug 7 2025 // The Florida Department of Health said this week that 21 cases of Campylobacter and E. coli infections have been linked to drinking raw milk in the state, including six children under 10. The state health department...
Progressive Could Soon Breach Excess Profits in Florida Auto, Triggering Refunds
Aug 7 2025 // Despite a significant reduction in personal auto insurance rates in Florida this year, Progressive may soon find itself in the unenviable position of sending small refunds to thousands of current and former...
Florida Judge Blocks State Agency for Citizens Claims Disputes, But Insurer Appeals
Aug 5 2025 // A Florida judge temporarily halted Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. from sending claims disputes to a state arbitration agency, but a notice of appeal by Citizens automatically suspended the judge’s...
Florida Meteorologist Predicts Where the Next Hurricane Will Hit–For a Price
Aug 4 2025 // Colorado State University’s hurricane research team, perhaps the best-known and most-often quoted forecasting service, in early July revised its prediction for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season downward slightly...
Florida OIR Approves 31.5% ‘Catch-up’ Rate Increase for TRUE, Despite Missed Filings
Aug 1 2025 // Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation this week approved an average 31.5% increase in homeowner rates for Trusted Resource Underwriters Exchange – one of the largest Florida rate hikes in two years – despite...
Orlando Joins Florida’s Stadium Boom With $420 Million Bond Sale
Jul 31 2025 // Orlando plans to borrow more than $420 million to renovate Camping World Stadium, joining a wave of Florida cities pouring public funds into stadium projects. The city plans to sell about $420 million of tax-exempt bonds...
Top 5 Auto Insurers File for Average 6% Rate Reduction This Year, Florida OIR Says
Jul 29 2025 // Florida may have had some of the highest property and auto insurance rates in the country in recent years, but so far this year, the largest auto insurers have filed for rate decreases averaging about 6%, regulators...
Florida Regulators Say They Need More Authority to Rein in Slide’s Exec Pay
Jul 28 2025 // Florida’s insurance regulators expressed concern about recent news that Slide Insurance executives took home millions in compensation last year, suggesting that state agencies need new authority to limit pay...
Video Shows Florida Deputies Punching Man. Was He Reaching for Knife?
Jul 24 2025 // A video showing Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car during a traffic stop has sparked nationwide outrage, with civil rights lawyers accusing authorities of fabricating their arrest report. The...
Police: Florida Man Firebombed Insurance Agency, Is Linked to Competing Agency
Jul 21 2025 // A central Florida man has been charged with shooting at and throwing Molotov cocktails into an insurance agency office in Lake Wales last spring. Lake Wales Police said Jason Roberts was tracked down last week in Jasper,...
Two More Insurers Enter Florida Market as Storm Season Warms
Jul 21 2025 // Two more property insurers put their toes in the Florida market this summer, bringing to 14 the number of new carriers in the state since 2023. It’s another sign that legislative discouragement of claims litigation...
Jury Awards $100M in Shooting Death of Former Florida State Senator’s Son
Jul 18 2025 // A Miami jury this week awarded a former Florida state senator $100 million in a wrongful death lawsuit brought against the condominium complex where her son was shot to death in 2021. Daphne Campbell, who served for eight...
Patriot Growth Adds Florida-based Legacy Insurance to the Team
Jul 17 2025 // Patriot Growth Insurance Services, a national insurance brokerage and partnership platform, has announced another team member: Florida-based Legacy Insurance Solutions. Legacy is a family-founded insurance agency with...
Florida People Rush to Help Plane Near Airport Mayor Says Is Plagued With Crashes
Jul 16 2025 // Residents in a Miami suburb used an ax, fire extinguisher and garden hose to rescue four people from a small plane that crashed into a tree in yet another mishap near a busy South Florida airport. “It was nothing...
Florida County Leads With High-Tech 911 Emergency Response System
Jul 16 2025 // NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — When an emergency happens in Collier County, Florida, the 911 calls go to one of the most high-tech communications centers in the U.S., where callers can send text and video from the scene to...
Tropical Rainstorm to Bring Flooding to Florida Peninsula and Gulf Coast
Jul 15 2025 // A tropical rainstorm is expected to bring flooding to the Florida Peninsula on Tuesday before making its way across the Gulf Coast and into Louisiana later in the week. The Florida Peninsula, coastal Alabama and...
Afore Acquires Florida’s TailoredRisk Insurance
Jul 15 2025 // Georgia-based Afore Insurance Services, LLC has acquired Naples, Florida based TailoredRisk Insurance Advisors, LLC. Afore also appointed TailoredRisk’s principal, John Paolini, to the role of executive vice...
Lawsuit Challenges Florida’s Citizens Claims Arbitration by Administrative Judges
Jul 15 2025 // A Miami homeowner is suing Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for forcing him into arbitration over a 2024 damage claim dispute, claiming the process violates due process and equal protection...
OSHA Cites Florida Missile Manufacturer After Fire Injures Workers
Jul 15 2025 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported that it has cited an Orlando, Florida target-missile manufacturer for exposing workers to fire, burn, and inhalation hazards. Aerojet Rocketdyne was...
