Latest Florida Headlines
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Hit and Run Car Accidents in Florida up 23% in 2014
Feb 18 2015 // Florida law enforcement officials say hit and run crashes are increasing at an alarming rate. That’s why they’re launching a new campaign to let drivers know that leaving the scene of an accident can result in...
Opinion: Florida Sending Mixed Messages About Uber Insurance Requirements
Feb 13 2015 // Last month, California regulators said all “peer-to-peer” taxi drivers (i.e. Uber & Lyft) were required to have “commercial” plates, stating, “Customers have inquired about this process...
Florida Federal Judge to Hear Exploding Air Bag Lawsuits
Feb 12 2015 // Lawsuits filed around the U.S. seeking damages for allegedly defective auto air bags made by Japan’s Takata Corp. have been consolidated before a Miami federal judge. A federal panel on multidistrict litigation...
Florida Arrests 9 Individuals Suspected of PIP Fraud in Miami
Feb 12 2015 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced nine arrests were made last month for personal injury protection (PIP) fraud in Miami. Charged in eight separate cases involving seven staged accidents, the...
President of Florida’s Homeowners Choice to Retire
Feb 11 2015 // President of Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Scott Wallace, plans to retire at the end of May 2015 after 37 years in the insurance industry, according to a statement from Homeowner’s...
Florida Approves Removal of Nearly 80,000 Policies from Citizens
Feb 11 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved the removal of up to 78,897 personal residential policies and 500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. by the following four...
Florida’s Citizens’ to Consolidate Workforce to Jacksonville Site
Feb 9 2015 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s Board of Governors has approved a contract to consolidate the company’s information technology and other functions at the EverBank Center in downtown Jacksonville, Fla. The...
Florida Commissioner McCarty May Have Survived Scott’s Ouster Bid
Feb 5 2015 // Florida’s insurance commissioner appears to have survived in his appointed post for now as a move by the state’s newly re-elected governor to oust him has failed to win support of the other state officials...
Uber Drivers Fined After Series of Florida Stings
Jan 28 2015 // Palm Beach County officials have fined the ride-hailing service Uber and six of its drivers more than $44,000. The Palm Beach Post reports the county conducted stings last week in Boca Raton and Delray Beach, issuing...
Florida Governor Eyes Louisiana Official to Replace Insurance Chief McCarty
Jan 27 2015 // Florida Governor Rick Scott is looking for a replacement for the state’s top insurance regulator and has already contacted a potential candidate from Louisiana. Scott’s office has confirmed that the governor...
After 17 Years, Florida-Nebraska Insurance Dispute Continues
Jan 26 2015 // Seventeen years after it started, a multimillion-dollar insurance dispute between the state of Florida and a Nebraska company continues to meander through the courts. The Nebraska Supreme Court has already ruled on aspects...
Uber Auto Policy Meets State Requirements, Says Florida Regulator
Jan 26 2015 // Florida’s insurance regulators have determined that a ridesharing company’s automobile commercial liability policy meets state regulations, but legislative action is likely necessary to clarify whether that...
Florida Colleges Rushing to Offer Degrees in Cybersecurity
Jan 26 2015 // The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public. But headline-grabbing computer intrusions are only a fraction of...
People – Southeast
Jan 26 2015 // Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Christopher Swift was named to the additional post of chairman in a transition that occurred earlier than the insurer had initially planned. Swift, 53,...
Florida Supreme Court Upholds Workers’ Comp ‘Exclusive Remedy’
Jan 26 2015 // Florida’s insurers are breathing easier after the state’s high court ruled that the state’s workers’ compensation law bars injured workers from seeking additional benefits in civil court. The...
Florida PIP Report Shows Reduction in Rates and Fraud
Jan 26 2015 // Florida’s attempt to lower the cost of personal injury protection (PIP) automobile coverage is progressing as insurers’ rates have declined due in part to lower losses and fewer fraudulent claims. The Florida...
Consumer Group Urges Florida to Keep McCarty as Commissioner
Jan 23 2015 // A national consumer group is urging Florida to keep its current insurance regulator, a man the group says is one of the best regulators in the country but who is rumored to be under pressure to resign by the Scott...
McCarty Deserves Some Credit for Stabilizing Florida Market
Jan 21 2015 // Testifying this week before the Florida House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, Office of Insurance Regulation Deputy Chief of Staff Monte Stevens echoed much of what has been reported in recent months about...
Florida Insurance Commissioner McCarty’s Reappointment in Doubt
Jan 20 2015 // Florida’s insurance regulator’s tenure could be coming to an end after more than a decade as the newly re-elected governor looks to shake up his administration by replacing the heads of state agencies. Rumors...
Florida’s Gardner Group Merges with Hylant
Jan 20 2015 // Hylant, one of the largest privately-owned insurance brokers in the nation, said that The Gardner Group, an independent employee benefits agency based in Neptune Beach, Fla., will be merging into its Jacksonville...
