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Confie Seguros Buys New York, Florida Agencies
Feb 5 2013 // Confie Seguros, a national personal lines insurance brokerage network, has acquired two additional agencies: Cannello Agency in Niagara, New York, and Moose Insurance in Oakland, Florida, as part of its strategy to build...
Florida Supreme Court Rules Arbitration Clauses Apply to Fraud Claims
Feb 5 2013 // The Florida Supreme Court says contract clauses requiring arbitration to settle related disputes include fraud claims. The justices unanimously reversed a three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal, which had...
Maritime Program Group Appoints Senior Broker in Florida
Feb 4 2013 // Maritime Program Group recently appointed Shari Trefil as a senior broker based in Stuart, Florida. Trefil brings with her 23 years of experience in the insurance industry, most of it in management of retail and wholesale...
Florida Report Cites Citizens’ Outside Vendors, Claims Handling
Feb 4 2013 // Florida regulators have released a report into Citizens Property Insurance Corp., finding that the state-backed company failed to sufficiently negotiate outside vendor contracts and review travel and other expenses, while...
Liz Henderson Joins ASL FL as Property/Casualty Producer
Feb 4 2013 // Clearwater, FL, 02/04/13 – In alignment with the corporate initiative for growth of the company’s presence in Central Florida, Atlantic Specialty Lines of Florida , Inc. has added Liz Henderson, AAI, AIS to...
Federal Bailout of Florida Is Far From a Sure Thing
Feb 1 2013 // As Florida’s 2013 legislative session draws near, state lawmakers once again are preparing to examine reforms to the Sunshine State’s property insurance system. Most notable, of course, are proposals to shrink...
Florida Senate Democrats to Oppose Property Insurance Rate Hikes
Jan 31 2013 // With Florida lawmakers expected to consider formal changes to the state’s property insurance market next week, state Democrats are signaling that they will likely oppose any measure that results in higher...
Florida Senate to Unveil Property Insurance Reforms
Jan 31 2013 // Florida lawmakers are planning next week to release a draft version of a property insurance reform bill. The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee has taken the lead on property insurance reform this year and so far has...
Public Adjuster Firm Upset with Florida Blogger’s Questioning of Name
Jan 30 2013 // A public adjusting firm is threatening to sue a Florida blogger who claims the adjusting firm is using a name that makes it sound like it is a government agency in soliciting business from homeowners insured by the...
Florida Marks I-75 Crash Anniversary; Tragedy Triggers Safety Measures, Lawsuits
Jan 29 2013 // The pre-dawn traffic moved fast on Interstate 75 through Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park outside Gainesville. The highway had been closed for hours after thick fog combined with smoke from a nearby wildfire reduced...
Bowers Joins Florida’s Bass Underwriters as Senior VP Personal Lines
Jan 29 2013 // Plantation, Florida-based wholesale insurance broker Bass Underwriters hired Bruce E. Bowers as senior vice president for personal lines. Bowers will be responsible for new product development and the launching of personal...
Florida Too Slow with Obamacare Regulations, Say Democrats
Jan 28 2013 // Florida Democrats expressed frustration with state insurance regulators Friday, accusing them of dragging their feet on drafting policies to comply with the new federal health overhaul. For nearly two years after the...
Citizens’ Travel Expenses Excessive, Audit Finds
Jan 28 2013 // A review by Florida’s chief inspector general contends that employees at the state-created Citizens Property Insurance racked up excessive travel expenses over an eight-month period. Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered a...
Confie Eyes More Expansion, Push Into Standard Lines
Jan 28 2013 // In 2013 Confie Seguros plans to up its buying spree and expand into standard personal and small commercial lines, while broadening its demographic from being primarily Hispanic focused, the president of the Buena Park,...
Florida Regulator McCarty Offers Reform Map to Smaller Citizens Property Insurance
Jan 25 2013 // Florida’s insurance commissioner has proposed a set of reforms designed to return the state-back property insurer to being a residual market, while at the same time offering the private insurance market incentives to...
BP Says $332 Million in Florida Oil Spill Claims Approved
Jan 24 2013 // The administrator of a class-action settlement between petroleum giant BP and oil spill claimants said that more than 34,000 Florida businesses and individuals so far have been approved to receive $332 million. Patrick...
Florida Turns to Massachusetts for Health Insurance Advice
Jan 24 2013 // Florida lawmakers considering how to implement the federal health care overhaul sought information this week from two economists on the Massachusetts initiative that served as the blueprint for the national...
Former Florida Surplus Lines Association Leader Indicted
Jan 23 2013 // A former executive director and past president of the Florida Surplus Lines Association (FSLA) has been indicted for allegedly embezzling an estimated $130,000 in association funds. Roger Gobler has been charged with 11...
Florida’s Citizens Backs Bill Calling for More Oversight
Jan 22 2013 // Florida’s state policyholder-backed property insurer says it welcomes a newly proposed legislative initiative that would create an independent inspector general to oversee the insurer’s handling of employee...
Florida Audit Says Citizens’ Travel Expenses Excessive; Governor Orders Reform
Jan 18 2013 // A review by Florida’s chief inspector general contends that employees at the state-created Citizens Property Insurance racked up excessive travel expenses over an eight-month period. Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered a...
