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Florida Police Union Says Officers With Zika Entitled to Workers’ Comp
Nov 4 2016 // Police union officials want Florida lawmakers to extend workers’ compensation to first responders with Zika. Florida Fraternal Order of Police President Bobby Jenkins said Tuesday that emergency responders should be...
Company Behind Giant Florida Sinkhole Hopes it Will be Plugged by Spring
Nov 1 2016 // A massive sinkhole at a fertilizer plant should be plugged by spring, months after contaminated water and waste began flowing into Florida’s main drinking water aquifer, the company said Friday. In an email to The...
Florida-Based Fortegra Taps Rattner as EVP, Chief Underwriter
Oct 28 2016 // Fortegra, a specialty insurer based in Jacksonville, Fla., and a subsidiary of Tiptree Financial Inc., has appointed Mark Rattner as executive vice president, chief underwriter, and head of product management. In this...
FEMA Extends Filing Deadline for Florida NFIP Claims from Hurricane Hermine
Oct 27 2016 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended the deadline for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders to file claims from Hurricane Hermine. “After productive discussions between...
Clean-Up Deal Reached for Florida Sinkhole that Contaminated Water
Oct 27 2016 // Florida officials have reached a deal with the company responsible for a large sinkhole that resulted in millions of gallons of contaminated water pouring into a drinking water aquifer. The Florida Department of...
Report: Tennessee Man Dies After Riding Disney’s Star Tours in Florida
Oct 26 2016 // Authorities say a 67-year-old Tennessee tourist died after riding Star Tours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The September death of the Memphis, Tennessee, man was recorded in a list of serious ride-related injuries...
Questions Linger Over Trump’s $17M Insurance Payout in 2005 for Florida Club
Oct 26 2016 // Donald Trump says he received a $17 million insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach. But The Associated Press has found little evidence of such large-scale damage. Two...
Florida Man Arrested Over Doughnut Glaze Mistaken for Meth Files Lawsuit
Oct 24 2016 // A Florida man arrested last year after police mistook doughnut glaze in his car for meth is suing the city of Orlando and a drug-testing kit company. The Orlando Sentinel reports Daniel Rushing filed a lawsuit last week,...
People – Southeast
Oct 24 2016 // The National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) elected Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Deputy Commissioner Gary West as secretary-treasurer during its annual membership meeting in July....
It’s Official: Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Going Up Nearly 15%
Oct 24 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for an overall combined statewide average rate increase of 14.5 percent....
Florida Hurricane Fund Still Strong Despite Storms
Oct 20 2016 // Florida’s streak of dodging hurricanes is over, but the state-created fund that helps private insurers pay out claims after a storm remains in strong financial shape. Anne Bert, the chief operating officer of the...
CBIZ Insurance Services Adds 3 New Staff to Sarasota, Florida Office
Oct 19 2016 // CBIZ has added three professionals to lead the new CBIZ Insurance Services, Inc. practice in Sarasota, Fla. Keith Mercier joins CBIZ as president of CBIZ Insurance Services, Florida, West Coast. In his new role with CBIZ,...
CNA Appoints Kaas to Senior Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Zone Officer
Oct 17 2016 // CNA has appointed John Kaas to senior vice president and Mid-Atlantic zone officer. In this role, Kaas will be responsible for advancing the strategic direction of the territory, which includes CNA’s branches in...
Setback in Zika Fight: Virus Found in New Miami Neighborhood
Oct 17 2016 // Health officials announced Thursday a new Zika zone in Miami – a setback less than a month after declaring the nearby Wynwood neighborhood cleared of the virus following aggressive mosquito spraying. Five people have...
Hurricane Matthew May Be Gone, But Insurance Industry’s Work is Just Starting
Oct 14 2016 // It’s been nearly a week since Hurricane Matthew ravaged the Southeast coast but the insurance industry’s job of responding to the devastation and assessing the total cost of damage from the storm is just...
Residents in Areas Not Hard Hit by Matthew Question Evacuation Orders
Oct 12 2016 // Maureen Miller was among the 2 million people ordered to evacuate coastal areas in the Southeast ahead of Hurricane Matthew. Her family and their dog spent two nights in a hotel and struggled through police roadblocks to...
North Carolina Prepares for More Flooding in Wake of Matthew
Oct 11 2016 // Anthony Writebol, left, and his cousin, Melissa Hill paddle past a stranded tractor trailer on Hwy 211 in Lumberton, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. They were heading to meet friends who were going to let them stay after their...
Dentons Hires Sarchio to Insurance Regulatory Practice in New York and Florida
Oct 11 2016 // Global law firm Dentons has named John J. Sarchio as a partner in its insurance regulatory practice. In this role, he will advise clients on insurance industry mergers, acquisitions and financings, reinsurance...
Giordano Joins Florida-Based DUAL North America as Non-Executive Director
Oct 11 2016 // DUAL North America has announced that Jim Giordano will join the company as a non-executive director. The company said in this role Giordano will contribute to the DUAL Board in areas relating to corporate strategy,...
It’s Official: Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Going Up Nearly 15%
Oct 11 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for an overall combined statewide average rate increase of 14.5 percent....
