Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida Nursing Home to Congress: Patient Deaths After Hurricane Irma Not Staff’s Fault
Nov 22 2017 // A Florida nursing home under investigation for the deaths of 13 patients after Hurricane Irma says in a letter to Congress that staff members did everything possible but couldn’t overcome a lack of power to the...
Florida Puts Workers’ Comp Carrier Guarantee Insurance In Receivership
Nov 21 2017 // Florida insurance regulators have placed workers’ compensation carrier Guarantee Insurance Co. in receivership due to inadequate reserves. According to documents from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR),...
The Senior Care Market Still Going Strong
Nov 20 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...
A Storm of Claims Likely Following 2017 Hurricane Season
Nov 20 2017 // The aftermath of this year’s hurricanes includes massive reconstruction across the impacted areas, which in turn creates an increased possibility for construction defect claims that would affect the liability...
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Nov 20 2017 // S.S. Nesbitt & Co. Inc., a Southeastern insurance agency and division of EBSCO Industries Inc. (EBSCO), has appointed insurance veteran Paul Barber as president. Barber comes to S.S. Nesbitt after having spent 25 years...
Chicken Processor Settles Florida Water Pollution Suit for $1.4M
Nov 17 2017 // A major chicken processing plant that has been cited for polluting the Suwannee River settled a lawsuit on Wednesday that was brought by environmental groups in Florida. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. settled the suit with...
Paid ‘Climate Leave’ May Be Next Employee Benefit
Nov 17 2017 // Even the workplace has to adapt to the warming world. As climate change creates more intense storms, companies have started preparing for work disruptions due to extreme weather. In a sign of the times, Fog Creek, a...
Florida’s Everglades City Pushes Toward Recovery After Irma’s Hard Hit
Nov 16 2017 // Two months after Hurricane Irma’s storm surge slammed through tiny Everglades City, the mountains of debris that lined the streets have been reduced to scattered piles and the occasional abandoned stove or...
Velocity Risk Underwriters Adds Condominium Coverage to Florida Products
Nov 14 2017 // Velocity Risk Underwriters has expanded its Florida products to include HO-6 (condominium) for primary, secondary, seasonal, long-term rental, and short term rentals (minimum two days). Velocity offers an A.M. Best...
Crew Worker at Florida Retirement Community Killed by Explosion
Nov 14 2017 // Authorities say a man was killed in an explosion at a Florida work site. The Palm Beach Post reports that blast occurred Friday afternoon in a Boynton Beach retirement community. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s...
Florida Approves Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease of Nearly 10%
Nov 13 2017 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for a statewide overall rate level decrease of 9.5 percent and premium level...
Maison Insurance Company Expands to Florida
Nov 9 2017 // Property Insurance Holdings Inc. (PIH), a specialty property and casualty insurance holding company, announced it is now licensed in Florida through its wholly owned subsidiary, Maison Insurance Company. This comes after...
Boats Took $655 Million Beating This Hurricane Season: BoatUS
Nov 9 2017 // More than 63,000 recreational boats were damaged or destroyed as a result of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, with a combined dollar damage estimate of $655 million, according to the Boat Owners Association of the...
Florida’s RMC Group Promotes Homan to Captive Administration Manager
Nov 9 2017 // RMC Group, a Naples, Fla.-based international provider of insurance, risk management, retirement and actuarial consulting services, has promoted Jessica Homan to captive administration manager. Homan joined RMC Group in...
Premier Assurance Group of Florida Taps Cordero-Fleites to Head Marketing, Communications
Nov 8 2017 // Global insurance company Premier Assurance Group (PA Group), headquartered in Coral Gables, Fla., has named Karen Cordero-Fleites its director of marketing and communications. Cordero-Fleites has more than 10 years of...
AOB Abuse Tops Agenda at Florida Chamber Insurance Summit
Nov 7 2017 // The Florida Chamber of Commerce brought together regulators, lawmakers, insurance industry executives and other stakeholders last week for the chamber’s annual insurance summit. Through several panel discussions on...
Commentary: Florida’s New Ridesharing Law Could Set Up Coverage Disputes
Nov 7 2017 // As the Sunshine State continues to attract millions of visitors each year who share clogged highways with commuters traveling throughout its ever-evolving metropolitan hub, it is no surprise that Florida has embraced...
Patronis to Run for Florida CFO Position in 2018
Nov 7 2017 // Jimmy Patronis is asking voters to keep him in his current job as chief financial officer. Patronis officially filed paperwork on Nov. 1 to run for the Cabinet post in 2018. The 45-year-old Patronis was appointed in June...
Florida Construction Company Owner Arrested for $1M Workers’ Comp Scam
Nov 6 2017 // The owner of a Florida construction company has been arrested for allegedly obtaining a fraudulent workers’ compensation policy by underreporting the number of staff he employed, the company’s annual payroll...
Florida Jury Awards $45M to Parents of Med Student Killed in Crash
Nov 3 2017 // A jury has awarded the parents of a medical school student killed in a 2015 Florida crash $45 million in damages. Twenty-nine year old Raymond Astaphan was killed along Interstate 75 as he crossed paths with a flatbed...
