Latest Florida Headlines
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Dozens of Animals Killed in Fire at Florida Wildlife Sanctuary
Feb 7 2019 // Firefighters say dozens of animals are dead following a fire at a central Florida animal sanctuary. Orange County Fire Rescue officials posted on Twitter that the fire broke out early Monday at Second Chance Wildlife...
AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of Auto Club Insurance Co. of Florida
Feb 7 2019 // AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a-” from “bbb+” of Auto Club Insurance Company of Florida (ACICF),...
Construction Worker Killed on Florida Highway Expansion Project
Feb 6 2019 // Officials say a worker doing construction on central Florida’s massive highway expansion project was killed after being struck by a drainage pipe. Orange County Fire Rescue tweeted Monday that the worker was struck...
Florida Insurance Commissioner Altmaier Elected VP of the NAIC
Feb 6 2019 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has been elected by members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to serve as vice president of the organization, effective immediately. Altmaier joins...
Keyes Insurance of Florida Hires Introcaso as COO
Feb 4 2019 // The Keyes Company’s insurance division, Keyes Insurance, has hired Mark Introcaso as chief operating officer. Introcaso brings more than 37 years of experience in the insurance industry, most recently with Peoples...
Federal Safety Investigators Sidelined by Shutdown Begin Heading to Crash Scenes
Feb 1 2019 // It’s been four weeks since a van carrying children from a Louisiana church to Disney World in Florida collided with a swerving tractor-trailer, igniting diesel fuel and killing seven people in a fiery crash. Now,...
Sinkhole Investigation Uncovers Tunnel Heading to Florida Bank Branch
Feb 1 2019 // The FBI and local police are investigating a Miami-area mystery: Who dug a narrow tunnel that burrowed beneath a road and pointed toward a quiet suburban bank branch office? FBI spokesman Mike Leverock said Wednesday that...
Expert: Florida’s Hurricane-Hit Timber Industry Will Need Years to Recover
Jan 31 2019 // It could take a decade or more for Florida’s timber industry to recover from Hurricane Michael’s devastation, and the countless downed trees pose an immediate wildfire threat, Florida Forest Service Director...
Normandy Insurance Enters Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Market
Jan 30 2019 // Florida-based workers’ compensation carrier, Normandy Insurance Company, has expanded into Oklahoma and is now offering workers’ comp coverage to small, mid-size and large businesses in the...
How Forensic Meteorologists are Assisting with Florida First-Party Property Cases
Jan 30 2019 // Every day the impact technology has on our daily lives increases. The legal profession is not immune to the inundation of technological advances. A prime example of the collision of law and technology is how forensic...
Southeast Officials Focus on Curbing Fraud, Rising Auto Rates, Flood Insurance, Distracted Driving
Jan 29 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Tornado, High Winds Damage Florida Homes, Church, Zoo
Jan 28 2019 // Authorities say a possible tornado damaged several homes and downed trees and powerlines as a line of storms crossed central Florida. News outlets report winds tore much of the roof off of the parsonage at Tuscanooga...
Trump Expands Federal Reimbursement for Florida’s Hurricane Michael Cleanup
Jan 28 2019 // Florida will get potentially hundreds of million dollars for Hurricane Michael recovery after President Donald Trump agreed to expand the number of days the federal government will reimburse state and local governments for...
Miami Beach Developer Dismisses Rising Sea Levels as ‘Paranoia’
Jan 25 2019 // A South Florida developer is questioning the well-established facts of climate change, and is putting his money where his mouth is, investing millions to build residential projects in highly exposed Miami Beach. Brazilian...
Arrest Made in $1.4M Florida Comic Book Heist
Jan 23 2019 // A few comic books from a stolen Batman collection worth $1.4 million have been recovered after an arrest in Arizona. News station ABC-15 in Phoenix reports that police charged Phillip Weisbauer of Royal Palm Beach,...
New Florida Gov Wants State Ban on Smokable Medical Marijuana Ended
Jan 23 2019 // Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized the Legislature’s implementation of a medical marijuana law and said last week that if they don’t fix it quickly, he’ll take matters into his own...
Marsh & McLennan Agency to Acquire Bouchard Insurance of Florida
Jan 22 2019 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has reached agreement to acquire Clearwater, Fla.-based Bouchard Insurance, a full-service agency in Florida. Terms of the transaction,...
$1.4M Batman Comic Collection Stolen from Florida Storage Unit
Jan 22 2019 // A Florida man is reaching out to the comic-collecting community, hoping to reclaim nearly 450 valuable comic books that were recently stolen. The Sun Sentinel reports that Randy Lawrence posted on social media last week...
Tornadoes Cause Damage in Alabama, Florida Panhandle
Jan 22 2019 // Homes, businesses, government offices and churches were among the buildings badly damaged or demolished when tornadoes struck central Alabama over the weekend. The severe weather hit Saturday and another tornado was...
Florida Jury Awards Family $500M in Wrongful Death Suit Over Car Shooting
Jan 18 2019 // A Florida jury has awarded nearly $500 million to the family of a woman fatally shot during an argument in a car in 2011. The family of 20-year-old Kalil McCoy of Jacksonville filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the man...
