Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida, National Groups File Suit Over ‘Anti-Public Adjuster’ Endorsements
Oct 14 2025 // At least six property insurers in Florida have opened a new front in their battle against public claims adjusters – policy endorsements that strongly discourage property owners’ use of public adjusters...
Florida County Hit by 2024 Hurricanes Takes on Beach Restoration Without Fed Help
Oct 10 2025 // The white sandy beaches along a swath of Florida’s Gulf Coast were battered by three hurricanes last year, leading to a multimillion-dollar effort to repair a coastline that is the region’s economic...
Canada’s Gifford Carr Wings Into Florida With Acquisition of Omni One Agency
Oct 7 2025 // It’s often insureds who come to Florida from Canada before winter sets in. But this week, it’s an Ottawa-based insurance brokerage that has moved into the Sunshine State with the acquisition of a Cape Coral...
Florida Was a Top Destination for Immigrants in Recent Years — and Economy Grew
Oct 6 2025 // After Paola Freites was allowed into the U.S. in 2024, she and her husband settled in Florida, drawn by warm temperatures, a large Latino community and the ease of finding employment and housing. They were among hundreds...
Florida Chemical Plant Releases Toxic Vapor Cloud But No Injuries Reported
Oct 6 2025 // A toxic cloud of chemicals was released from an industrial site near Cocoa Beach last week, but authorities said no one was seriously injured, and the leak has been repaired. Florida Today and other news outlets reported...
Florida’s Citizens Is Deferring Flood Coverage Proof While NFIP Is Shut Down
Oct 6 2025 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is deferring the required proof of flood insurance while the federal government shutdown continues and the National Flood Insurance Program is in limbo. “Citizens...
Florida Reforms Are Truly Making a Difference, Gallagher Re Report Finds
Oct 3 2025 // If Florida’s insurance market needed more indication that 2022 legislative reforms have made a big difference in the cost of doing business in the state, one of the biggest names in reinsurance has provided...
Florida Painting Firm Fined $877,000 After Worker’s Fatal Fall From Savannah Bridge
Oct 1 2025 // The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Florida commercial painting contractor $877,000 – one of the largest OSHA fines in recent years – six months after a worker fell from a bridge near...
India Native Truck Driver in Fatal Florida Crash Pleads Not Guilty
Oct 1 2025 // A commercial truck driver accused of making an illegal U-turn that killed three people on a Florida highway last month waived his first appearance hearing Monday and entered a not guilty plea, court records show. Harjinder...
Marsh Names Fred Smith Florida Risk Management Leader
Sep 30 2025 // Smith Marsh, the global insurance broker and risk advisor, has named Fred Smith the Florida corporate and risk management segment leader, overseeing service for large and middle-market clients in the state. Smith will...
FAIA Bans Live Animal Displays After PETA Concerns About June Convention
Sep 30 2025 // Attendees at the Florida Association of Insurance Agents’ June convention in Orlando may have noticed the live giraffe exhibit at the Marriott World Center. The giraffe won’t make it for the 2026 convention....
Judge Clears Florida Officer in Shooting of UPS Driver, Citing ‘Stand Your Ground’
Sep 23 2025 // A South Florida judge cleared a police officer of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a UPS driver who had been taken hostage during a 2019 robbery. Broward Circuit Judge Ernest Kollra ruled that Jose Mateo, who had been...
Two More HO Insurers Join Florida Market, One Led by Former Metromile CEO
Sep 23 2025 // Florida regulators have approved two new homeowner insurance companies, one led by a San Francisco tech entrepreneur and former head of Metromile auto insurance company. “I focus on companies that can successfully...
Florida Adjuster Convicted for Sending Carrier Checks to His Fake Firm
Sep 23 2025 // A former staff adjuster for a large Florida insurance carrier has been found guilty of defrauding the insurer out of more than $580,000. A federal jury in Orlando last week said James Octavias Tobias Owens, 34, from the...
Billionaire Ross Lures ServiceNow for South Florida Expansion
Sep 18 2025 // ServiceNow Inc. is expanding to West Palm Beach, Florida, opening a location for several hundred employees in a planned office tower being developed by billionaire Stephen Ross, the famed New York real estate magnate who...
Moms Turn in Sons Charged With $50,000 in Vandalism at Florida School
Sep 17 2025 // Two boys were turned in by their mothers Monday to face charges for allegedly causing $50,000 worth of vandalism damage to a central Florida elementary school’s media center, investigators said. The 12- and...
Florida Condo Collapse Probe Zeroes in on Pool Deck Flaws as Preliminary Cause
Sep 12 2025 // Federal investigators have zeroed in on flaws in the pool deck as the preliminary cause of the 2021 collapse of a 12-story Florida beachfront condominium that killed 98 people. The National Institute of Standards and...
SageSure and Affiliate to Acquire Olympus MGA and Olympus Insurance in Florida
Sep 10 2025 // In a three-way deal involving carriers, underwriters, holding companies and more, catastrophe-focused managing general underwriter SageSure announced it will acquire the managing general agent for Florida-based Olympus...
Insurance Agent Next After Florida Farm Manager Pleads in ‘Insurance Farming’ Scheme?
Sep 10 2025 // In a wide-ranging scheme that prosecutors are calling “insurance farming,” a former manager for one of the larger agricultural operations in Florida is now awaiting a sentencing hearing in December. Christopher...
Florida Plan to Drop School Vaccine Rule Is Limited, Won’t Start for 90 Days
Sep 9 2025 // Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won’t take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio...
