Latest Florida Headlines
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Two Florida Mosque Fires in 10 Days Under Investigation
Aug 1 2016 // Investigators are looking for answers after fire broke out at a Florida mosque for the second time in 10 days. Federal and local officials are investigating the July 27 blaze at the Islamic Education Center in...
Judge: Gawker Founder Can’t Halt Hulk Hogan From Enforcing Verdict
Aug 1 2016 // Gawker Media founder Nick Denton lost his latest bid to halt enforcement of the $140 million verdict won by Hulk Hogan in an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit, according to a court document provided by the former pro...
American Strategic Insurance Promotes Peskin in Florida
Aug 1 2016 // American Strategic Insurance (ASI), has promoted Jessica Peskin to vice president of Marketing for ASI’s Builders division in St. Petersburg, Fla. Peskin formerly served as an account executive for ASI’s...
Franklin Street in Florida Hires Sheinberg as VP of Insurance Services
Aug 1 2016 // Tampa, Fla.-based Franklin Street has hired Nancy Sheinberg as vice president of Insurance Services. With 30 years of commercial insurance experience, Sheinberg is responsible for managing all hands-on operational features...
Florida Says Zika Mosquitoes Likely in State
Jul 29 2016 // Health officials in Florida on Friday reported the first cases of local transmission of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in continental United States. The Florida department of health has concluded that the four reported...
Brokers Assess Current Construction Insurance Market: Thumbs Up
Jul 29 2016 // Amid ups and downs, the construction market has nevertheless enjoyed steady growth over the past four years. Now construction insurance specialists believe the market is really heating up. The competition has carriers...
U.S. Moves to Guard Blood Supply After Reports of Zika Virus in Florida
Jul 29 2016 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered all blood collection centers in Florida’s Miami-Dade and Broward counties to stop collecting blood as state health department officials continue to investigate four...
Florida Business Owner Accused of Stealing $1M in Workers’ Comp Scheme
Jul 29 2016 // Owner of a Fort Myers, Fla., staffing and payroll services firm was arrested in mid-July over the alleged theft of more than $1 million, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and the Department...
Acentria Insurance Expands Presence in Florida
Jul 28 2016 // Acentria Insurance has opened a new office location and acquired a new agency in Niceville, Fla. The new office in Niceville has been opened through a merged partnership with the Powell Agency, located on North Partin...
Graduate of Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers Hired to Florida Insurance Agency
Jul 27 2016 // Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (DVIC), the non-profit organization that helps train, educate and create employment opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans, celebrated the graduation of Joanne...
Citizens Implements $1.8M Estimate Review Program for Florida Water Loss Claims
Jul 26 2016 // Florida’s insurer of last resort, Citizens, has expanded its efforts to curb increasing water loss claims with a new Water Mitigation Estimate Review Program. Citizens Chief Claims Officer Jay Adams said the new...
President of Florida Insurance Agency Reviving Pensacola Oyster Farms
Jul 25 2016 // Anyone driving on Scenic Highway recently between Scenic Terrace and Park Place Apartments probably spotted rows of dark-colored shapes floating in Escambia Bay and wondered, “What are those?” The dark shapes...
ClearView Risk Expands Into Florida; Taps Driggers, Glennon to Lead
Jul 25 2016 // ClearView Risk Holdings, LLC has expanded into Florida and hired Keith Driggers and Barbara Glennon to join its subsidiary Southwest Risk, LP. Both will serve as vice president and broker in the Tallahassee office, which...
Florida-Based Homeowners Choice Secures Nearly $1B in Reinsurance for 2016-2017
Jul 22 2016 // Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., a Florida-based provider of homeowners insurance, has completed its reinsurance program for the 2016-17 reinsurance year, which runs from June 1, 2016...
The Hilb Group Acquires Carrier Insurance Agency in Florida
Jul 20 2016 // The Hilb Group, LLC (THG) has acquired Florida-based Carrier Insurance Agency, Inc., continuing its nationwide growth through acquisitions and expanding its regional presence in central Florida. The transaction became...
American Integrity in Florida Hires Hendrickson as SVP of Risk Management
Jul 20 2016 // American Integrity Insurance has hired Gloria Hendrickson as senior vice president of Risk Management. In her role as senior vice president of Risk Management, Hendrickson will assume responsibility for risk management...
Takata Settles Airbags Lawsuit With Florida Driver’s Estate
Jul 19 2016 // Takata Corp. agreed to settle a lawsuit in Florida with the estate of a driver of a Honda Civic who claimed to have been left a quadriplegic because of a dangerous airbag in the vehicle. Terms of the settlement...
Florida Steps up Fraud Fight With New Division of Investigative and Forensic Services
Jul 19 2016 // The Florida Department of Financial Services is enhancing its law enforcement strategy to fight fraud in the state by integrating its current units housed within DFS and forming the Division of Investigative and Forensic...
Mayor of Florida City Charged With Insurance Fraud, Suspended by Governor
Jul 18 2016 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott has suspended from office the mayor of the central Florida city of Tavares after he was charged with insurance fraud. Scott issued the executive order on July 14, one day after Mayor Robert Wolfe...
Isn’t It Ironic: Lightning Destroys Lightning RV Supply Warehouse in Florida
Jul 14 2016 // The owner of Lightning RV Supply company says he can’t believe the irony after his southwest Florida warehouse was destroyed by lightning. Brad Green says his employees heard three earth-shaking booms during a storm...
