Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
A.M. Best: Will 2015 Be the Year That Tests Florida Property Insurers?
Aug 3 2015 // The property insurance market in Florida has significantly shifted in market share as Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens)–the state-run property insurance company–continues to depopulate and move...
The Ins and Outs of Bad Faith Claims in Florida
Aug 3 2015 // Coverage, liability and damages analyses are the three common themes of Florida third party bad faith cases, according to two southeast Cozen O’Connor attorneys. The attorneys presented on the subject during a...
South Florida a Haven for All Types of Fraud
Jul 31 2015 // Need a phony ID? A fraudulent tax refund? Insurance money from a sham car crash? Florida may have just what you’re looking for. Since the first settlers hacked their way into the mangrove tangles and drained much of...
James Appointed Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate
Jul 30 2015 // 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 independently and...
Insurers Warned to ‘Think Before You Snap’ as Florida Drone Privacy Law Takes Flight
Jul 29 2015 // The new Florida drone privacy law could have some unintended consequences for insurers looking to use or insure unmanned aircraft systems (UAM) technology. The Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act (FUSA), which took...
Miami Agent Arrested for Stealing More than $80K from Clients
Jul 28 2015 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud has announced the arrest of Mandy Rodriguez, 35, on felony fraud and grand theft charges after an investigation revealed that Rodriguez, a...
The Doctors Co. Challenging Florida’s Order to Decrease Med Mal Rates
Jul 27 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...
A.M. Best Special Report: Florida Property Insurers Remain Untested
Jul 23 2015 // The property insurance market in Florida has significantly shifted in market share as Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens)—the state-run property insurance company—continues to depopulate and move policyholders...
