Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida’s Insurance Industry a Big Contributor to State Economy
Oct 8 2014 // Its status as a low-lying peninsula jutting 500 miles into the warmest, most hurricane-active waters in the world makes Florida one of the riskiest places to live. So it comes as no surprise that the cost to insure...
Ex-U.S. Security Chief Ridge, Guy Carpenter, Lloyd’s Launch Cyber Policy
Oct 7 2014 // Reinsurance specialist Guy Carpenter & Co. is launching a new cyber privacy and network protection product with Ridge Insurance Solutions Co., a new Lloyd’s managing agency led by Tom Ridge, former U.S. secretary...
AmTrust Buys Workers’ Compensation Unit from Florida Blue Cross
Oct 6 2014 // AmTrust Financial Services has closed its purchase of a workers’ compensation insurer—a subsidiary of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida (Florida Blue)—right according to plan. AmTrust isn’t disclosing...
Best Agency to Work For – Overall
Oct 6 2014 // Team Environment Built On Solid Partnership McGriff-Williams Insurance – Gainesville, Florida Employees at McGriff-Williams Insurance say they enjoy the teamwork and positive culture the agency’s leadership...
People – Southeast
Oct 6 2014 // Insurance broker Hub International Southeast has named Tim Love as president, Employee Benefits, responsible for overseeing employee benefits product and service offerings for Carolina and Florida. Love will be based in...
Plenty of Questions Remain About Citizens Clearinghouse
Oct 6 2014 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer has begun submitting renewal policies through its online clearinghouse to private carriers, but agents believe the process still needs refinement. Citizens Property Insurance...
Florida’s Parasailing Insurance Law Takes Effect
Oct 3 2014 // Florida parasailing operators are now required to have up to $2 million in liability coverage under a new law that took effect Oct. 1. The White-Miskell Act regulates the state’s estimated 100 commercial parasailing...
Florida Arrests 5 on Insurance Fraud Charges
Oct 2 2014 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the arrests of five NBRC Roofing Co. employees for allegedly organizing a $525,000 insurance fraud scheme. The Tampa-based company is accused of leaving 97 homeowners...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurers Seek Bigger Rate Cut
Oct 2 2014 // Florida’s workers’ compensation insurers, already on record recommending an average 2.5 percent cut in rates, now say that a 3.3 percent cut is justified. The modification in the industry’s rate filing by...
Florida’s Citizens Pays Off Bond, Drops Surcharge 2 Years Early
Sep 26 2014 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer will stop collecting a one-percent assessment that had been used to retire a bond issued following the 2004-2005 hurricane season. The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board...
PCI Lobbyist Brown to Join Florida Law Firm Colodny, Fass
Sep 25 2014 // Attorney G. Donovan Brown, Southeast state government relations counsel for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), is joining the well-connected Tallahassee law firm of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld,...
Hub Southeast Names Love President for Employee benefits
Sep 23 2014 // Insurance broker Hub International Southeast has named Tim Love as president, Employee Benefits, responsible for overseeing employee benefits product and service offerings for Carolina and Florida. Love will be based in...
Nursing Home Neglect Trial Challenges Shell Company Transfers
Sep 23 2014 // Juanita Jackson died in July 2003, five weeks after she was removed from a Florida nursing home where her family said continual neglect led to multiple bedsores, malnutrition and a fall that injured her head. Trying to...
Miami Hopes Storm Pumps, Seawall Will Protect Against Rising Seas
Sep 22 2014 // Climate change is not only already visible in iconic South Beach, but so is climate change adaptation, in the form of new storm water pumps meant to keep rising sea levels from swamping low-lying streets, city officials...
Commercial Rates in Florida’s Citizens Going Up 3.3%
Sep 21 2014 // Rates for the almost 100,000 commercial property risks insured by Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will rise an average 3.3 percent next February. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has...
Sinkholes Continue Taking a Toll in Southeast
Sep 16 2014 // Solid ground isn’t always a certainty. Sinkholes can lurk anywhere, beneath suburban homes, city streets or even football stadiums and museums. It’s basic geology: Sinkholes open when soil collapses into large...
EMPLOYERS Launches Work-Related Injury Hotline for Florida Small Business Clients
Sep 16 2014 // Small business insurer EMPLOYERS has launched Coventry/NT24, a 24-hour hotline staffed by registered nurses who provide medical guidance over the phone for work-related injuries or illnesses. The service is available to...
Insurer to Pay for Florida Gators-Idaho Vandals Cancelled Game
Sep 15 2014 // The University of Florida’s Athletic Department is scheduled to collect $1.8 million under a Lloyd’s of London insurance policy that covers the loss of ticket revenue in the event a home game is cancelled. The...
Florida Insurance Scammer Steinger Appeals Prison Sentence
Sep 12 2014 // The man who masterminded an $800 million Florida insurance scam that fleeced more than 30,000 investors is appealing his 20-year prison term. The attorney for 64-year-old Joel Steinger filed notice of appeal this week in...
Florida Gets $7 Million in Grants for Health Insurance Navigators
Sep 12 2014 // Three Florida organizations will receive nearly $7 million to help consumers sign up for health insurance during the second enrollment season under the Affordable Care Act. Health and Human Services officials said that the...
