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Public Service Commissioner Patronis Picked as Next Florida CFO
Jul 10 2017 // Gov. Rick Scott tapped Jimmy Patronis, a member of the Florida Public Service Commission and a former Florida State Representative, as Florida’s next chief financial officer, according to a statement from the...
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Jul 10 2017 // The Main Street America Group has promoted Dan Gaynor to senior vice president and chief underwriting officer. Gaynor, who has been the super-regional property/casualty insurance company’s vice president of...
Florida’s Citizens Requests Rate Increases, Policy Changes for 2018
Jul 10 2017 // Homeowners in South Florida, as well as in many other parts of the state, can expect another rate increase next year from the state-run insurer of last resort. Citizens Board of Governors approved recommended rates and...
Florida’s Citizens CEO Gilway Responds to Claims About Managed Repair Program
Jul 7 2017 // The following letter to the editor was written by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. President, CEO and Executive Director Barry Gilway in response to an opinion piece from the Florida Association of Public Insurance...
New Florida CFO Patronis Officially Takes Over
Jul 7 2017 // Florida’s new chief financial officer is officially on the job. Flanked by family and friends, Jimmy Patronis was sworn in June 30 during a brief ceremony held in the office of Gov. Rick Scott. The Republican...
Opinion: Floridians Will Pay More For Less Under Citizens Managed Repair Program
Jul 6 2017 // Florida is famous for its catastrophic hurricanes, however, we also have our fair share of daily claims such as fire, vandalism and water losses. Florida is now becoming known for what is referred to as the...
Florida Police Chief Not Guilty of Negligence in Fatal Citizens Academy Exercise
Jul 6 2017 // Jurors have found a Florida police chief not guilty of culpable negligence in the death of a woman who was accidentally shot during a citizens academy “shoot/don’t shoot” exercise. News outlets report...
Tennis Star Venus Williams Sued by Family of Florida Man Over Fatal Car Accident
Jul 5 2017 // Tennis star Venus Williams is being sued by the estate of a Florida man who died after a car crash police say she caused. An attorney representing the family of Jerome Barson, 78, filed the lawsuit Friday in Palm Beach...
The Villages Insurance in Florida Adds Sardisco to Commercial Division
Jul 5 2017 // The Villages Insurance Partners (TVIP) has added Lisa Sardisco to their Commercial Risk Management Division in The Villages, Fla. The Villages Insurance Commercial Risk Management Team specializes in protecting business...
SUNZ in Florida Promotes Bolinder to COO, Appoints Distefano Chief Technology Officer
Jun 30 2017 // SUNZ Insurance Company, a large deductible workers’ compensation carrier, has promoted Karen Bolinder from director of Financial Operations to chief operating officer. In her new position, Bolinder will be...
84-Year-Old Florida Doc Accused of Illegally Distributing $10M in Pain Pills
Jun 29 2017 // Authorities say an 84-year-old Florida doctor is accused of illegally distributing $10 million worth of pain pill prescriptions. Dr. Williem Ouw was arrested June 15 and held in a Fort Lauderdale jail until his release...
New Flood Insurance Product For Florida Homeowners Available from American Integrity
Jun 29 2017 // American Integrity Insurance Group (AI), a Florida-based insurance provider, has unveiled a private flood insurance option for homeowners. AI is one of nine Florida-based insurers to offer its own flood program that...
Commentary: Florida High Court Med Mal Award Cap Ruling Ignores Market History
Jun 28 2017 // In its recent ruling that the cap on noneconomic damages for personal injury awards or settlements in medical negligence cases was unconstitutional, the Florida Supreme Court ignored why these caps were put into place—to...
Scott Picks Public Service Commissioner Patronis as New Florida CFO
Jun 27 2017 // Gov. Rick Scott has tapped Jimmy Patronis, a member of the Florida Public Service Commission and a former Florida State Representative, as Florida’s next chief financial officer, according to a statement from the...
Powered by Homegrown Insurtech, HCI to Expand Flood Insurance Sales to 9 States
Jun 26 2017 // As Congress tries to figure out how to change the federal flood insurance program to encourage more private insurer involvement, one insurer isn’t waiting to wade deeper into the private flood insurance business....
Florida Medical Marijuana Law Signed by Scott
Jun 26 2017 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation Friday to implement the medical marijuana amendment voters approved last year. Amendment 2, approved by 71 percent of the voters in November, took effect on Jan. 3 and required...
Highly Contagious Citrus Disease Spreads to Alabama
Jun 23 2017 // A highly contagious bacterial disease that seriously threatens the U.S. citrus industry has been found for the first time in Alabama. Federal and state plant officials confirm that citrus greening was found in leaf and...
Tropical Storm Cindy Bears Down on Gulf Coast
Jun 22 2017 // Tropical Storm Cindy churned slowly on Wednesday across the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected landing on the Texas-Louisiana border, after claiming the life of a vacationing child and threatening to bring flash floods from...
Insurance Office of America Acquires Assets of Slaton Risk Services in South Florida
Jun 22 2017 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) has purchased the Employee Benefits Practice, Major Accounts Group, and captive and alternative risk financing units of Slaton Risk Services, based in West Palm Beach, Fla. These assets,...
6 Arrests Made in Florida Cattle Thefts; 8 Cows Still Missing
Jun 22 2017 // Six men have been charged in two separate cattle thefts at a Florida pasture, and authorities are trying to find eight missing cows. Polk County Sheriff’s officials say four cows and four calves were stolen in April...
