Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida Cat Fund’s Financial Condition Triggers A.M. Best Review of Insurer Ratings
Jun 4 2012 // Insurers writing homeowners coverage in Florida could see a revision in their financial ratings after one of the nation’s top rating companies announced it will reconsider them in light of the financial problems...
Loan Readiness
Jun 4 2012 // Floridians still remember Hurricane Andrew from 20 years ago and for good reason given the destruction the Category 5 wrought. Andrew still ranks as one of the most expensive natural disasters ever in the U.S. The state...
Why Workers’ Compensation Claimants Hire Attorneys
Jun 4 2012 // Workplace trust, fear of claim denial and injury severity are the main reasons for attorney representation in workers’ compensation claims, according to Bogdan Savych, a public policy analyst with the Workers...
Declarations – Southeast
Jun 4 2012 // Pad Thigh “I believe the technology has improved, the pads are far better than a decade ago, they allow better performance and are more protective. Every other level of football uses the pads.” —NFL...
People – Southeast
Jun 4 2012 // Sarasota, Fla.-headquartered property/casualty insurer FCCI Insurance Group (FCCI) recently expanded into Maryland and has hired Jeanine Ferritor as a senior marketing underwriter to develop FCCI’s independent agency...
Florida Hurricane Fund May Come Up Short If Big Storm Hits
Jun 4 2012 // Florida may not have enough money to pay off hurricane insurance claims if a big storm hits this year. An advisory panel recently concluded that the state may fall nearly $2 billion short of the total needed to cover all...
Florida City Doubles in Size Since Hurricane Andrew
May 30 2012 // The havoc wreaked by Hurricane Andrew in Homestead, Florida two decades ago still serves as a warning about the devastation even a slow tropical storm season can bring. Homestead was ground zero when Andrew plowed ashore...
Tropical Depression Beryl Douses Florida, Georgia with Heavy Rains
May 29 2012 // Tropical Depression Beryl is located over southern Georgia bringing heavy rain to the southeast of the state and to northern Florida, according to Risk Management Solutions (RMS). Total accumulations are expected to reach...
Court Nixes Florida Award for Injury Before Policy Purchase
May 29 2012 // A Florida appellate court has reversed a $6.25 million judgment against an insurance company because it was for an injury that occurred four days before coverage was obtained. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court...
Florida Readies Storm Plan for Republican Convention
May 24 2012 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott will have the final say whether to cancel the Republican National Convention in the event of a hurricane. The convention where Mitt Romney is expected to be formally nominated as the Republican...
Weather Channel’s Knabb Named Chief of National Hurricane Center
May 21 2012 // Richard Knabb, the tropical weather expert at The Weather Channel, will be the next chief of the U.S. government’s hurricane forecasting hub in Florida, federal officials said Friday. The promotion to director of the...
Florida Revises Workers’ Comp Certificates, Audit Laws
May 21 2012 // Florida’s governor has signed legislation streamlining the workers’ compensation certificate process, eliminating mandatory premium audits, and discontinuing refunds for insurers with excess profits. Gov. Rick...
Florida’s Citizens Defends Plan to Consider Higher Rates on New Business
May 18 2012 // Facing protests from consumers and state officials, Florida’s state-run homeowners insurer has found itself defending a proposal to increase rates for new customers above a legislative cap placed on current...
OSHA Probes Florida Postal Worker’s Mysterious Illness
May 18 2012 // The federal agency that monitors worker safety has opened an investigation into the illness of a U.S. postal worker who became sick after coming into contact with a mysterious package from Yemen. A spokesman for the...
Forecasters Examine Hurricane Andrew’s Legacy
May 18 2012 // The ability to predict how bad a storm will be has eluded forecasters since Hurricane Andrew made a catastrophic landfall in South Florida two decades ago and it will remain a challenge for the next chief at the National...
Misuse of BP Oil Spill Funds Prompts Changes by Florida County
May 17 2012 // Amid a criminal investigation into the alleged misuse of funds paid by BP after the 2010 Gulf oil spill, a Panhandle county made big changes this week in the way it oversees spending for promotion of the area’s...
Florida Blood Bank Sued Over HIV Infection Says Supply Is Safe
May 17 2012 // A Florida blood bank being sued by a patient who claims he was infected with HIV after a transfusion says its blood supply is safe. Gainesville, Fla.-based LifeSouth Community Blood Centers said in a release that every...
Alabama Man Sues Florida Blood Bank Over HIV Infection
May 16 2012 // An Alabama man has filed a lawsuit against a Florida blood bank, charging that a transfusion during a coronary bypass surgery infected him with HIV. The lawsuit alleges that the contaminated blood given to Howard Midkiff...
Allstate Looks to Grow Florida Agency Force Again
May 15 2012 // Allstate’s Florida says it wants to add dozens of new agencies along with support staff jobs across the state, mostly in north and central Florida. Allstate said its 2012 agency strategy should create approximately...
Glisson Named to Board of Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance
May 15 2012 // Don Glisson, Jr., chairman and CEO of Triad Financial Services, Jacksonville, Florida, has been appointed to serve as a member of the board of governors of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Florida Chief...
