Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Five Republican Governors Reject State-Run Health Exchanges
Nov 19 2012 // Five Republican governors rejected on Friday a major provision of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law that calls on states to set up online health insurance markets where consumers can purchase private...
Declarations – Southeast
Nov 19 2012 // Florida Foundation “The very foundation of Florida’s independent judicial system was threatened in this election. I am grateful that Florida voters once again demonstrated their faith in our fair and impartial...
Florida Advocate Scrutinizes Insurer Use of Credit History to Deny Claims
Nov 19 2012 // Florida’s consumer advocate has called for an investigation into insurers using homeowners’ past credit history to deny claims and cancel policies even though the homeowners have paid premiums for...
Florida High Court Delays Ruling on Citizens’ Immunity
Nov 16 2012 // The Florida Supreme Court has put off a decision on whether Citizens Property Insurance Corp. can use its status as a state-backed entity to avoid lawsuits. The high court ruled in a 5-2 opinion on Thursday that Citizens...
Florida Citizens’ Murphy Named VP by Main Street America
Nov 14 2012 // Debbie Murphy has joined The Main Street America Group as the property/casualty insurance carrier’s vice president and head of personal lines product. Murphy will be based at the company’s home office in...
How Voters Voted on State Court Justices
Nov 8 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices, including where Republicans, business groups and others targeted the judges for defeat. However, two incumbents on Ohio’s...
3 ‘Liberal’ Florida Justices Win Retention Bids
Nov 8 2012 // Three Florida Supreme Court justices easily won a retention bid Tuesday despite an unprecedented push by the Republican Party of Florida to oust them after several rulings the party disliked. Justices R. Fred Lewis,...
Florida Industry Presses Progress Energy on Nuclear Reactor Insurance Claim
Nov 7 2012 // Lawyers for industrial consumers are questioning Progress Energy Florida’s approach to calculating how much insurance money the utility can expect in 2013 to help pay for power to replace output from a crippled...
F.I.D.O. Brings Dog Bite Liability Coverage to Florida
Nov 5 2012 // When commercial lines agent and dog owner Debbie Turner began to look into help for her difficult dog back in 2000, she had no idea that her journey would end up leading to a new personal lines insurance option. She...
Florida’s Citizens President Gilway: Staff Firings Premature
Nov 5 2012 // In the face of criticism, the top executive of Florida’s state-backed property insurer acknowledged that his decision to close the insurer’s office in charge of corporate oversight before having its replacement...
Florida Approves More Takeouts at Citizens; OKs Commercial Hikes
Nov 5 2012 // Florida regulators announced that two property insurance companies have been approved to take out up to 100,000 policies from the state-backed insurer in December, adding to the 210,000 policies already slated for removal...
Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Going Up
Nov 5 2012 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said he will approve a 6.1 percent rate increase to become effective January 1, 2013 for workers’ compensation. The decision was based on a filing submitted for insurers...
Florida Consumer Advocate Hits Use of Past Credit History to Deny Claims
Nov 2 2012 // Florida’s consumer advocate is calling for an investigation into insurers using homeowners’ past credit history to deny claims and cancel policies even though the homeowners have paid premiums for...
Florida Court Weighs When Not Meeting Policy Terms Means Coverage Forfeiture
Nov 1 2012 // Florida’s high court is debating whether a driver forfeited her uninsured motorist coverage by refusing to meet the insurer’s specific requirement to undergo a scheduled medical exam. The state Supreme Court...
Insurers Say Losses from Sandy Won’t Hit Florida
Oct 31 2012 // Insurance experts say the costs associated with losses from superstorm Sandy in the northeast should not affect Florida homeowners. Sam Miller of the Florida Insurance Council said Tuesday that the Florida market is...
Pro Wrestler Hulk Hogan Settles Florida Lawsuit Over Sex Tape
Oct 30 2012 // Former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan entered into a legal settlement with a disc jockey over a sex tape involving Hogan and the DJ’s wife. A statement by Hogan’s publicist said the terms of the settlement are...
Florida OKs 6.1% Workers’ Compensation Rate Hike
Oct 29 2012 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said he will approve a 6.1 percent rate increase to become effective January 1, 2013 for workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida. The decision was based the...
BP Oil Spill Settlement Unlikely Before Election
Oct 29 2012 // For a president locked in a tough re-election fight, it may look like political gold: a settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and BP Plc over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that could send billions of dollars to...
Update: Hurricane Sandy Death Toll at 41; ‘Super Storm’ Eyes East Coast
Oct 26 2012 // Hurricane Sandy, a late-season Atlantic storm unlike anything seen in more than two decades, slogged slowly toward the U.S. East Coast on Friday after killing at least 41 people as it cut across the Caribbean. Forecasters...
Florida Supreme Court Asked to Settle Smokers’ Punitive Damages
Oct 26 2012 // An appellate court wants the Florida Supreme Court to resolve a question on punitive damages in cases involving sick smokers. A 1st District Court of Appeal panel this week split 2-1 in affirming a trial judge’s...
