Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida Rules Uber Drivers Not Entitled to Unemployment Benefits
Dec 6 2015 // Florida’s job agency has ruled that drivers for Uber and other app companies connecting passengers with rides are not entitled employed benefits due to laid off workers. The Orlando Sentinel reports the Florida...
Florida’s Normandy Insurance Promotes Sublet to VP of Business Development
Dec 4 2015 // Normandy Insurance has promoted Robert Sublet to vice president of Business Development. Formerly a senior field underwriter with Normandy, Sublet’s new role will focus on accelerating Normandy’s growth. During...
All Risks Acquires Florida-Based Specialty Risk Underwriters
Dec 2 2015 // All Risks, Ltd., a nationwide independent wholesaler, has acquired Specialty Risk Underwriters (SRU), a national program administrator based in St. Petersburg, Fla. Specialty Risk Underwriters has developed a variety of...
BB&T Insurance Services Promotes Pollock to Regional Leadership Position
Dec 1 2015 // John Pollock, BB&T Insurance Services Florida regional insurance president, has been promoted to a multi-state regional leadership position. According to the company, BB&T Insurance Services is experiencing...
Florida Marks 10 Years Without Major Hurricane, Sets Record
Dec 1 2015 // The state of Florida is marking a big milestone with the official end of the 2015 hurricane season – 10 years without a major hurricane making landfall in the state. The Miami Herald reports that the hurricane-free...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
Mayor of Florida County Seeks to Reduce Uber’s $3.2M in Fines
Dec 1 2015 // The mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida, wants to waive about half of the fines Uber currently owes the county. The Miami Herald reports Mayor Carlos Gimenez is pressing commissioners to take up his proposal to legalize...
Florida Counties Oppose State Fracking Proposal
Nov 29 2015 // Dozens of Florida cities and counties oppose a plan to give the state control over the oil and gas exploration process known as fracking. The Tallahassee Democrat reported on Nov. 28 that 20 counties and nearly 40 cities...
Florida Podiatrist Using Wife’s Life Insurance to Pay for Murder Defense
Nov 25 2015 // A Florida podiatrist accused of killing his estranged wife is using part of her life insurance settlement to pay for his defense. The Tallahassee Democrat reports that 48-year-old Dr. Adam Frasch pleaded not guilty to...
NORCAL Mutual to Acquire FD Insurance in Florida
Nov 25 2015 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. and FD Insurance, a medical malpractice provider for physicians and surgeons in Florida, have signed a definitive agreement for NORCAL to acquire FD Insurance. This acquisition expands...
Florida Taxi, DMV Battle over Ridesharing Insurance Issue Takes Interesting Turn
Nov 24 2015 // The Florida ridesharing lawsuit filed by two taxi companies and an individual against the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FDHSMV) is getting more contentious by the day. Two motions have been filed...
Florida City Votes to Allow Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Nov 24 2015 // Gainesville, Fla., has moved a step closer to allowing medical marijuana dispensaries to set up shop in the city. City commissioners on Nov. 5 voted to change the city’s land development code to allow dispensaries in...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Florida-Based Bentrust Insurance Group
Nov 23 2015 // Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired certain assets of BenTrust, which includes Bentrust Financial, Inc. d/b/a Bentrust Insurance Group; Bentrust AIB, LLC, and Florida...
Florida to Put Fences Around Train Tracks After Fatal Crashes
Nov 22 2015 // The Florida Department of Transportation says it is planning to install fences around train tracks to avoid more fatal crashes. The Orlando Sentinel reports about $300,000 will go toward the fencing project that will...
States Graded ‘A’ to ‘F’ for Extreme Weather Preparedness
Nov 20 2015 // Many states across the country are unprepared to face the risks posed extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to a new report card. Only a small...
Florida’s Citizens Expanding Clearinghouse to Condo Unit Policies
Nov 20 2015 // Starting in December, Citizens will expand its Property Insurance Clearinghouse to condominium unit owners, many of whom will now have immediate access to multiple private alternatives, the company said in its November...
Florida Man Gets 10 Years for West Virginia Pill Trafficking
Nov 20 2015 // A Florida man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for prescription pill trafficking and money laundering. Forty-six-year-old Lester W. Taylor of Daytona Beach, Fla., also was ordered in federal court in Charleston to...
Florida Couple Awarded $14.5M in Geico Uninsured Motorist Lawsuit
Nov 17 2015 // A former chiropractor and his wife have won a $14.5 million jury verdict in a lawsuit filed over a 2004 car crash that involved a motorist with no insurance. Attorney Crane Johnstone says a Miami-Dade jury sided with David...
BKS-Partners Adds Rays’ Outfielder Thompson to Insurance Team in Florida
Nov 17 2015 // Rich Thompson Florida-based Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners, an independent insurance brokerage firm, has appointed former Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Rich Thompson as Commercial Risk and Employee Benefits advisor. Prior to...
The Price of Price Optimization in Insurance
Nov 17 2015 // The use of price optimization in insurance pricing is drawing increased attention and could be the next big industry battle. Or it could not be. Consumer groups and a growing contingent of states are labeling the practice...
