Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida’s Citizens Hires Peltier as Media Relations Manager
Feb 19 2013 // The state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has hired a journalist to help the frequently embattled insurer with its image. Citizens’ legislative affairs director Christine Ashburn announced the appointment of...
Ghost of Charlie Crist Haunts Insurance Reform
Feb 15 2013 // It has been more than two years since the adults regained control of Florida, yet the specter of the Charlie Crist days of demagoguery, populism-at-any-cost and overall political buffoonery looms heavy over the state...
Insurer to Take 31,000 Commercial Wind Policies from Florida’s Citizens
Feb 14 2013 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer has approved a plan to shift 31,000 commercial wind-only policies to a new private insurer. The board of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. approved the plan earlier this week....
Coventry Insurance, Knightbrook to Offer Personal Articles Coverage in FL
Feb 12 2013 // Coventry Insurance Services and KnightBrook Insurance Co. have partnered to offer Coventry Shield Valuable Personal Articles Coverage. The policy an “all-risk” coverage for valuables that are not covered...
Florida Lawmakers Unveil Property Reform Proposals
Feb 11 2013 // Florida lawmakers’ first draft of a property reform emphasizes depopulating and diverting policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-backed property insurer that has 1.3 million policyholders. The...
Doctors Defend Physician-Dispensed Drugs for Workers’ Comp
Feb 11 2013 // Florida physician groups are claiming that the cost of physician-dispensed prescription drugs in workers’ compensation claims is far less than has been reported and that physicians are being unfairly singled out...
Florida’s Workers’ Comp Market Outlook Remains Positive
Feb 11 2013 // The outlook for Florida’s workers’ compensation market continues to be strong as a competitive market offers affordable rates, although costs could be reduced further if the state addressed prescription drug...
The Insurance Mood in Tallahassee
Feb 11 2013 // When you ask experts in Florida to describe the mood of state lawmakers about insurance reforms in 2013 they use words like “disinterested” and “fatigued.” This despite the fact that traditionally...
Florida Court Sides with Bank in Key Mortgage Liability Case
Feb 10 2013 // Florida’s highest court has ruled a homeowner cannot re-open a voluntarily dismissed foreclosure case despite allegations that the bank falsified documents, giving a win to banks in a closely watched ruling that...
Florida Nuclear Plant Being Shuttered Following Insurance Settlement
Feb 7 2013 // The largest U.S. electricity company is permanently closing a Florida nuclear power plant after botched repairs and refunding consumers $835 million from an insurance settlement. Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy said...
Workers’ Compensation Insurer MEMIC Expanding to Florida
Feb 6 2013 // Portland, Maine-based workers’ compensation insurer The MEMIC Group said it will open its first office in Florida in the second quarter of 2013. MEMIC President and CEO John T. Leonard said the company’s plan...
Florida Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Breath Test Software
Feb 6 2013 // The Florida Supreme Court is hearing a request from three drunken driving defendants for access to software for breath testing machines. They believe an analysis of the software would show the machines are inaccurate. The...
Florida Considers Partners for Health Insurance Exchange
Feb 6 2013 // Florida lawmakers heard this week from two organizations that could serve as partners in running an insurance exchange under the federal health overhaul. Florida has missed the deadline to run its own online marketplace...
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...
