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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...
Hilb Group Acquires Martin Agency of Kentucky, Florida
Aug 5 2014 // The Hilb Group has acquired The Martin Agency Inc. (TMAI) with offices in Danville, Kentucky, and Celebration and Ormond Beach, Florida. TMAI will continue to operate at its current locations under the leadership of John...
Hub International Acquires Florida’s Ballard Insurance
Aug 5 2014 // Chicago-based global insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Ballard Insurance Agency, a Melbourne, Florida-based insurance brokerage with coastal personal lines experience. Terms of the...
Opportunities Abound in High-Value Home, Condo Segment
Aug 4 2014 // The high-value homeowners and luxury condo markets have become competitive arenas to play in, with several new programs and companies in the past few years. But experts say agents and brokers shouldn’t be deterred by...
Could Citizens Become Too Competitive in Florida?
Aug 4 2014 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer’s proposed rate reduction is raising questions about whether it will make the insurer competitive with the private market. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. recently...
Florida’s Federated National Seeks $40M in IPO
Aug 1 2014 // Federated National Holding Co., a Florida-based property/casualty insurer, announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 2,051,283 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $19.50 per share...
Florida Doctors, Health Firms to Appeal ‘Docs vs. Glock’ Gun Speech Law
Jul 31 2014 // Doctors and health care providers challenging a Florida gun law say they will appeal a recent decision to uphold the measure. A federal appeals court last week ruled that the law restricting what doctors can tell patients...
Florida 1.3% Hurricane Tax to End in January
Jul 30 2014 // Florida regulators announced they are ending a 1.3 percent assessment on property insurance premiums 18 months ahead of schedule. The monies had been used to pay off bonds issued by the state’s hurricane catastrophe...
Judge Upholds Florida Law Curbing Doctors’ Gun Speech with Patients
Jul 28 2014 // A Florida law restricting what doctors can tell patients about gun ownership was deemed to be constitutional by a federal appeals court, which said it legitimately regulates professional conduct and doesn’t violate...
Zimmerman to Appeal Florida Judge Dismissal of Defamation Claim Against NBC
Jul 28 2014 // George Zimmerman has filed a notice to appeal the dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against NBC Universal and three reporters. The appeal notice was filed with the Seminole County Clerk of Courts. Judge Debra Nelson on...
