Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida’s Flood Agency Stops Writing New Business in Tampa Bay Region
Aug 25 2014 // One of the first entities to step forward and provide private flood insurance in Florida has announced it will stop writing new business in the Tampa Bay region in order to manage its exposure. The Flood Agency, which...
Florida’s Citizens’ Gilway Defends Overseas Travel Before Governor, Cabinet
Aug 21 2014 // The top official of Florida’s state-backed property insurer stepped forward yesterday to defend his organization’s international travel, arguing it was necessary to conclude a $3.1 billion risk transfer...
Florida Opens, Closes Surplus Lines Opportunities
Aug 20 2014 // The recent legislative session in Tallahassee was relatively quiet, a matter some attribute to this being an election year. But even in quiet years, Florida lawmakers tend to make some noise about the insurance industry...
$2.6M Florida Jury Award to Tourist Upheld
Aug 20 2014 // A judge upheld a $2.6 million judgment awarded to a Kansas tourist whose skull was fractured when she was run over by a truck driven by a lifeguard. The Daytona Beach News-Journal said Volusia County had appealed part of...
Appeal Expected Over Ruling Overturning Florida Workers’ Comp System
Aug 19 2014 // A Florida circuit court judge has ruled that the state’s workers’ compensation law is unconstitutional because it no longer provides adequate benefits to injured workers giving up their right to sue. Florida...
Florida’s Citizens Travel Costs Under Scrutiny
Aug 18 2014 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott is calling on the top official of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance to explain why the insurer has deviated from its limitations on overseas travel. A review of the officials’...
Florida Supreme Court to Review Florida Football Player Death Case
Aug 15 2014 // The legal fight between the University of Central Florida and the family of a football player who collapsed and died following conditioning drills is headed for Florida’s highest court. This week, the Florida Supreme...
States Still Grappling with Surplus Lines Tax Sharing
Aug 15 2014 // Things have changed a bit for the surplus lines industry since the Non-admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act, (NRRA) part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform legislation, passed in 2010. The NRRA’s implementation has...
Florida Supreme Court Fate to Rest With Winner in Governor’s Race
Aug 14 2014 // If former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist is elected governor as a Democrat in November, all seven state Supreme Court justices might be his appointments. If Republican Gov. Rick Scott is re-elected, he could completely...
How Much Credit Score Effect on Home Insurance Premiums Varies by State
Aug 14 2014 // Homeowners with poor credit pay 91 percent more for homeowners’ insurance than people with excellent credit, according to a study by an online insurance shopping service. The report by insuranceQuotes.com also found...
10 Years After Hurricane Charley: A Lesson in Strong Building Codes
Aug 13 2014 // It has been 10 years since the record-breaking 2004 Atlantic hurricane season when four major hurricanes – Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne – all made landfall in Florida within the space of six weeks, damaging one in...
Florida Packing Plant Workers Face Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charges
Aug 12 2014 // Workers from a Naples, Fla. vegetable and fruit packing plant were headed back to court to face charges related to alleged workers’ compensation fraud. The case stems from the raid of a packing plant where more than...
Fla Citizens’ Business Travel Saves Florida Money
Aug 8 2014 // A recent article by the Palm Beach Post blasting Citizens Property Insurance Corp. executives for traveling overseas casts a negative image onto the state-owned and operated insurer. However, what the article fails to...
A Decade After Charley, Florida’s Still Paying the Bill
Aug 8 2014 // Tomorrow, Aug. 9, marks the ten-year anniversary of the formation of Hurricane Charley. The third named storm of the 2004 hurricane season, Charley did $13 billion of damage, nearly all of it in Florida. But the bad news...
Florida’s Citizens Defends Travel Expenses Questioned By Gov. Scott
Aug 8 2014 // Florida Governor Rick Scott is calling on the top official of the state-backed property insurer to explain why the insurer has deviated from its limitations on overseas travel. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. officials...
Florida State to Pay Premiums for ‘Loss of Value’ Coverage for QB Winston
Aug 7 2014 // Florida State University is reportedly planning to pay the premium for an insurance policy that could pay star quarterback Jameis Winston up to $10 million in the event an injury affects his future professional...
Florida Firm Adding Jobs at Health Insurance Call Center in Texas
Aug 7 2014 // A Florida call center company plans to add about 400 jobs in Central Texas to assist people seeking federal health insurance coverage. C3/CustomerContactChannels currently employs about 600 workers in McGregor, near...
FSU Professor Links Tornado Strength, Frequency to Climate Change
Aug 7 2014 // New research by a Florida State University geography professor shows that climate change may be playing a key role in the strength and frequency of tornadoes hitting the United States. Published this week in the journal...
Florida’s Federated National Raises $40M in IPO
Aug 6 2014 // Federated National Holding Co., a Florida-based property/casualty insurer, announced the closing of its public offering of 2,358,975 shares of its common stock, which includes 307,692 shares sold pursuant to the exercise...
Florida Health Insurers File 2015 Rates
Aug 6 2014 // Eight insurance companies are raising the price of health plans and three are lowering them in Florida through the Affordable Care Act exchange, state insurance officials said this week. But whether some will pay more or...
