Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida Massage Therapist, 14 Patients Charged with Insurance Fraud
Apr 23 2012 // Florida officials said they have arrested a licensed massage therapist, a physician’s assistant and 14 massage clinic patients on charges of insurance fraud and grand theft as part of an undercover sting. Officials...
BP Proposes Gulf Oil Spill Claims Settlement, Trial Delay
Apr 19 2012 // BP Plc reached settlements to resolve billions of dollars of claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and asked a U.S. judge for a long delay in any trial over remaining disputes stemming from the disaster. The...
Southeast Insurance Employment: Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Picture
Apr 18 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
New Law May Limit Participation in Flood Program in Florida
Apr 17 2012 // A bill recently passed by Florida lawmakers could hinder the ability of some communities to participate in the federally funded flood insurance program, federal officials say. The Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Business Moves
Apr 16 2012 // Peachtree, Personable Holdings A Florida domiciled auto insurer that provides coverage to 18,000 drivers in the state and Georgia has been acquired by California equity firm looking to enter the non-standard...
Florida Seeks to Delay Approval of $7.8 Billion BP Settlement
Apr 16 2012 // The Attorney General for the State of Florida has asked a federal court to delay granting preliminary approval of BP Plc’s $7.8 billion settlement with businesses and individuals suing over the massive 2010 Gulf of...
Business Moves – Southeast
Apr 16 2012 // Peachtree, Personable Holdings A Florida domiciled auto insurer that provides coverage to 18,000 drivers in the state and Georgia has been acquired by California equity firm looking to enter the non-standard...
Court to Decide on Florida Medical Malpractice Caps
Apr 16 2012 // The fate of Florida’s caps on damages in medical malpractice cases now rests with the state’s high court after attorneys debated whether the caps are constitutional. The Florida Supreme Court recently heard...
Florida Cat Fund Tax Plan Raises Questions
Apr 16 2012 // A Florida plan to sell insurers and financial institutions state premium tax credits to help fund the state’s homeowners’ reinsurance facility is raising concerns among some officials. The Florida Insurance Tax...
Florida Food Truck Bust
Apr 16 2012 // Florida officials said they have busted an alleged $800,000 insurance claims scam in which food trucks were used to stage accidents. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced the arrests of 15 defendants for...
3 Florida Claims Bills Signed
Apr 14 2012 // A man and a boy who suffered brain damage due to government negligence and the parents of a slain police informant will be compensated through three bills signed by Gov. Rick Scott. One would require Lee County’s...
States’ Group Considers Model Workers’ Compensation Drug Bill
Apr 12 2012 // In the wake of the Florida Legislature’s failure to cut physician reimbursements for prescribing repackaged drugs to workers’ compensation patients, a national group of state legislators is looking to create a...
Severe Weather Has Home Insurers Rethinking Coverages
Apr 10 2012 // As weather disasters strike with more frequency, U.S. homeowners first get hit with the destruction or total loss of property. Many are then hit with the unexpected loss of homeowners insurance policies as insurance...
Florida Homeowners Association Could Be Sued in Martin Shooting Case
Apr 10 2012 // If Trayvon Martin’s family sues over his death, they might not target George Zimmerman but instead the homeowners association of the neighborhood where the shooting happened and Zimmerman lived. That’s because...
Kish Joins Florida’s AssuredPartners
Apr 6 2012 // Florida-based insurance brokerage network AssuredPartners Inc. has added Mike Kish as director of mergers and acquisitions. Kish will assist in acquisitions throughout the United States. Kish has been in the brokerage...
Tampa Medical Firm Accused of End Run Around Florida’s New PIP Law
Apr 6 2012 // A Tampa company has sent fliers to chiropractors suggesting ways to capitalize on potential loopholes in new legislation aimed at denting the runaway fraud plaguing Florida’s mandatory motor vehicle no-fault law. The...
Florida Governor Signs 3 Negligence Claims Bills
Apr 2 2012 // A man and a boy who suffered brain damage due to government negligence and the parents of a slain police informant will be compensated through legislation signed by Gov. Rick Scott. He signed the three high-profile bills...
Florida Supreme Court to Decide on Medical Malpractice Caps
Apr 2 2012 // The fate of Florida’s caps on damages in medical malpractice cases now rests with the state’s high court after attorneys on both sides of the issue debated whether the caps are constitutional. The Florida...
Florida Passes Workers’ Comp Changes
Apr 2 2012 // While debates over property insurance and no-fault auto insurance consumed the attention of state officials and the media, Florida lawmakers quietly dealt with several other insurance issues, including workers’...
Mom Sues Florida Hospital for Cutting Off Baby’s Finger
Mar 30 2012 // A young mother is suing a central Florida hospital after a nurse accidentally snipped off the end of her baby’s pinky finger. An attorney for Veronica Olguin said the nurse at the Heart of Florida Regional Medical...
