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Florida’s Brightway Establishes $20M Financing Agreement With SunTrust Bank
Aug 18 2015 // The Jacksonville, Florida-based Brightway Insurance said it received $20 million in bank financing through SunTrust Bank to help fund its national expansion. Brightway is a national property/casualty insurance agency...
Florida Commissioner McCarty Says NFIP Rates May Be Unfairly Discriminatory
Aug 18 2015 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said on Aug. 14 that the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) rates for Florida may be “unfairly discriminatory” and that his office will ask for the...
Bauknight Insurance Promotes Green to VP of Operations in Florida
Aug 17 2015 // Bauknight Insurance, an independent insurance agency in Spring Hill, Florida, promoted Steven V. Green, Jr., to vice president of operations from office manager. Green joined Bauknight Insurance in 2010. He has been in the...
People – Southeast
Aug 17 2015 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has appointed Sha’Ron James as the state’s Insurance Consumer Advocate effective August 3. The role of Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate is to...
Florida to Conduct Public Hearing on Citizens’ Proposed Rate Changes
Aug 14 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced that it will conduct a public hearing later this month to discuss Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s proposed 2016 rate changes for its business in the...
SUNZ Insurance Hires Stevens as President in Florida
Aug 14 2015 // Therese A. Stevens SUNZ Insurance Company, a workers’ compensation insurer based in Sarasota, Florida, hired Therese A. Stevens as president. An insurance executive with over 25 years of leadership experience in the...
Florida’s Heritage Approved to Write P/C Insurance in North Carolina
Aug 14 2015 // Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc., a property/casualty insurance holding company in Clearwater, Florida, announced that its subsidiary Heritage Property & Casualty Company (Heritage P&C) was approved to write...
Johnson & Johnson Acquires John Handel & Associates in Florida
Aug 13 2015 // Managing general agency Johnson & Johnson, Inc. (J&J) has acquired John Handel & Associates, Inc. (JHA), located in St. Petersburg, Fla. Under its new ownership, JHA will continue to offer the same products and...
Maximum Adds 2 New Producers From All Risks in Florida
Aug 12 2015 // Maximum, an independent, Chicago-based excess and surplus lines wholesale distributor, hired Jennifer Entinger and Kim Monahan as producers in Florida. Both Entinger and Monahan came from All Risks, Ltd. and have a...
Florida Approves Removal of Up to 280,857 Policies From Citizens
Aug 12 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced today that it has approved the removal of up to 279,357 personal residential policies and 1,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance...
The Villages Insurance Promotes Decker to Managing Advisor in Florida
Aug 11 2015 // Shannon Decker The Villages Insurance promoted Shannon Decker to managing advisor from personal lines advisor at its Colony Plaza office in The Villages, Florida. Decker, a former employee of the local AAA office, has been...
Marsh & McLennan Acquires Florida-Based Tequesta Insurance Advisors
Aug 11 2015 // Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Tequesta Insurance Advisors, a personal, commercial, and employee benefits insurance provider in Florida. Terms of the...
Florida Makes 4 Arrests in $145K PIP Fraud Scheme
Aug 10 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrest of four South Florida arrests of individuals on charges related to their involvement in three separate personal...
Environmental Groups Concerned Over Renewed Oil Hunt in Florida
Aug 7 2015 // Renewed hunts for oil in sensitive Florida ecosystems have environmental groups raising questions about the state’s regulation of the oil and gas industry. A Miami company, Kanter Real Estate LLC, has submitted a...
Florida Updates Neutral Evaluation Rules for Sinkhole Claim Disputes
Aug 6 2015 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv New rules changing the way disputed sinkhole claims are handled in Florida as part of the state’s Sinkhole Neutral Evaluation Program have been approved and took effect July 27. The...
Florida-Based Gulfstream P&C Names Block as CFO, Treasurer
Aug 4 2015 // David Block Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Co., a regional property carrier providing homeowners, condominium, renters, dwelling fire and flood coverage with operations in five states, has announced the...
PURE Introduces Domestic Staff Workers’ Comp Coverage for Florida Members
Aug 4 2015 // Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property and casualty insurer of high net worth individuals and families, has introduced Domestic Workers’ Compensation Insurance for members...
Florida Agent Arrested for Selling Fraudulent Policies with Suspended License
Aug 3 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud (DIF) announced the arrest of insurance agent Julia Shurdom, 67, for allegedly transacting insurance related business with a suspended...
10 Things to Know About Condominiums
Aug 3 2015 // The condominium association owns and insures the outside structure of the condominium building. The condominium master policy agreement (bylaws) stipulates what part of the structure is owned and insured by the association...
The Doctors Co. Challenges Florida’s Order to Decrease Med Mal Rates
Aug 3 2015 // An order by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for medical malpractice insurer The Doctors Co. (TDC) to decrease its rates by 15 percent is being contested by the California-based company. A hearing has been set...