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Florida Approves Nearly 1,500 Citizens Commercial Policies for July Takeouts
May 15 2017 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the following company to participate in the July Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) take-out period. For the June 20, 2017, Commercial...
Florida Fails to Pass Workers’ Compensation Reform
May 15 2017 // Florida businesses shouldn’t expect relief for workers’ compensation rates, this year at least. The Florida Legislature failed to pass legislation this session addressing 2016 decisions by the Florida Supreme...
Highmark Insurance of Florida Names Drake Underwriting Manager
May 12 2017 // Highmark Insurance, a Melbourne, Fla.-based leading provider of business and commercial insurance, general liability and workers’ compensation, has named Darrell Drake as underwriting manager. In his new position,...
Florida Court Approves Workers’ Compensation Ratemaking Process
May 11 2017 // A Florida appeals court has rejected a trial court’s finding that the process for determining workers’ compensation rates used by a rating organization and state insurance regulators violated the state’s...
3 Key Activities to Prepare for Autonomous Vehicles
May 10 2017 // This week’s post has been something of a struggle for me. I’ve had to catch up on a lot of terminology and the progress that has been made in the autonomous vehicle world. In way, it has always seemed like...
Florida Ag Commissioner Says ‘No End in Sight’ as Wildfires Burn Statewide
May 10 2017 // Three schools canceled classes due to smoky conditions from a nearby wildfire as Florida’s agriculture commissioner said the state is in the “midst of its worst wildfire season in years – with no end in...
Arsonists Blamed for 320 Florida Wildfires in 2017
May 9 2017 // Florida officials say arsonists have ignited about 320 wildfires so far this year, burning more than 20,000 acres across the state. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said severe drought conditions have increased the...
Florida Lawmakers Once Again Fail to Pass AOB Claims Reform
May 9 2017 // Florida lawmakers have once again let slip an opportunity to address insurance claims abuse, as legislation failed to make it through the Senate before the 2017 legislative session ended Friday. This is the fifth...
Florida Fails to Pass Workers’ Compensation Reform
May 8 2017 // Florida businesses shouldn’t expect relief for workers’ compensation rates, this year at least. The Florida Legislature failed to pass legislation this session addressing 2016 decisions by the Florida Supreme...
Florida to Require 2-Day Public Notification of Pollution Spills
May 5 2017 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott is poised to sign a bill that will require the public to receive notification of pollution spills within two days of discovery. The Florida Legislature passed a bill (SB 532) Wednesday that requires...
Florida Approves Nearly 1,500 Citizens Commercial Policies for July Takeouts
May 5 2017 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the following company to participate in the July Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) take-out period. For the June 20, 2017 Commercial...
Gateway-Acentria of Florida Acquires L&S Insurance of Fort Lauderdale
May 4 2017 // Gateway-Acentria Insurance has merged with L&S Insurance and Financial Services, Inc., based out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. L&S is a full service independent insurance agency specializing in personal lines coverage,...
Florida County Leads State in Juvenile Auto Thefts
May 3 2017 // A real life game of Grand Theft Auto is playing out across one Florida County. Kids as young as 10, barely able to see over the steering wheel, are driving cars past 100 mph into oncoming traffic, trees, light poles and...
Florida Eye Doctor Convicted of 67 Counts in Medicare Fraud Scheme
May 2 2017 // A prominent Florida eye doctor accused of political corruption was convicted of Medicare fraud Friday, increasing the odds that federal prosecutors could pressure him to testify against New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob...
Drunk Driver Hits 5 Students At Florida School Bus Stop, Kills 1
May 1 2017 // A Florida sheriff’s deputy was sleeping Thursday afternoon when his 11-year-old daughter called and asked him to pick her up at her school bus stop. Seconds later, his daughter screamed into the phone. “Dad,...
Florida Battle for Ridesharing Regulations Nears End of Long Road
May 1 2017 // After a four-year battle in the Florida Legislature, lawmakers passed statewide regulations April 19 for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft that would undo a patchwork of local rules across the...
10K Florida Personal Lines Policies Approved for Citizens Takeouts
May 1 2017 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved one company to participate in the June Citizens Property Insurance Corporation take-out period. For the June 20, 2017, Personal Residential Take-Out...
Florida Peninsula Insurance Launches Online Quoting for Homeowners Coverage
Apr 28 2017 // Florida Peninsula Insurance Company, a Florida homeowner insurance carrier, has launched a new online system offering homeowners insurance quotes to consumers. According to Clint Strauch, president of Florida Peninsula...
Florida House Advances Bill Targeting Claims Abuse, But Senate Battle Looms
Apr 27 2017 // A bill aimed at decreasing insurance claims abuse in Florida has made it through the Florida House, and the industry’s hope for assignment of benefits reform now officially rests with the state Senate. The Florida...
Allianz Sponsorship of Florida Golf Event Ends Amid Holocaust Survivor Protests
Apr 26 2017 // Holocaust survivors on Monday celebrated the end of German insurance giant Allianz’s sponsorship of a Florida pro golf tournament, saying it may boost efforts to collect some $2.5 billion in World War II-era policies...
