Latest Florida Headlines
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Sep 19 2011 // The Main Street America Group has promoted three officers. The Jacksonville, Florida-based company has tapped Steve Peeters to serve as the company’s chief operating officer. In that capacity, he will oversee the...
Georgia’s Greyling Brokerage Expands to Florida, Appoints Geer
Sep 15 2011 // Atlanta-based Greyling Insurance Brokerage is expanding into Florida. The brokerage has hired Charles Geer to open a new office in West Palm Beach, where he will be responsible for developing new business and handling...
Florida Set to Tackle PIP Auto Insurance Reform Again
Sep 15 2011 // Florida state officials, insurers, medical providers, and consumer groups are preparing to re-examine the state’s no-fault auto insurance law just months after lawmakers failed to resolve the issue. State Insurance...
Florida’s Citizens Faces Critics at Public Hearing Over Sinkhole Rates
Sep 14 2011 // Florida homeowners came by the hundreds in cars and buses to speak out against the state-backed property insurer’s plan to increase sinkhole rates by an average 429 percent. At an unprecedented public hearing in...
Florida’s Citizens to Phase-In Big Sinkhole Insurance Rate Hike
Sep 13 2011 // Florida residents who have sinkhole insurance through the state-backed property insurer will see any premium increases phased-in over a number of years based on a new policy of the insurer. The Citizens Property Insurance...
Board of Florida’s Citizens to Meet Today on Sinkhole Rates
Sep 12 2011 // The board of governors of Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has called for an emergency meeting today to consider phasing in a proposed statewide average 429 percent sinkhole rate increase. Newly-named...
Ex-Rep. Lacasa to Chair Florida’s Citizens Board
Sep 9 2011 // Former state Rep. Carlos Lacasa of Miami is the pick to become the next chairman of the board that oversees the operations of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The 47-year-old Lacasa is replacing Naples...
Some in Florida Want to Opt Out of Chinese Drywall Settlement
Sep 8 2011 // Hundreds of Floridians want to opt out of a proposed $53 million federal settlement over faulty Chinese drywall in hopes of pursuing lawsuits in state courts. Attorneys representing the Florida homeowners planned Wednesday...
Florida Eyes Cash Checking Firms
Sep 5 2011 // Florida officials want an investigation into the role of check cashing services in helping construction subcontractors avoid paying their share of workers’ compensation premiums. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff...
People
Sep 5 2011 // David J. Bresnahan has been named president of Lexington Insurance Co., the surplus lines unit of Chartis Insurance. He is succeeding Peter Eastwood, who is moving into his new role as president and chief executive officer...
Florida ‘Fraud Dog’ Bringing Insurance Cases to TV
Sep 5 2011 // Insurance fraud is so big it could be getting its own reality television show. The show, called the “Fraud Dog,” is in pilot production, and will star Linda Webb, a former AIG insurance claim executive and...
Florida Court Backs Workers’ Comp Benefits for Illegal Workers
Sep 5 2011 // Florida employers may be under more pressure to document the status of their workers after a panel of state judges ruled that illegal residents who are injured on the job are eligible for workers’ compensation...
Florida Workers’ Comp Insurers Seek Hike
Sep 5 2011 // Florida business owners could see their workers’ compensation premiums go up if regulators agree to raise rates by a recommended statewide average 8.9 percent. The National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI)...
Business Moves
Sep 5 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Robinson-Adams Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired insurance brokerage operations of Robinson-Adams Insurance Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The...
Florida Supreme Court Upholds Household Exclusion in Auto Policies
Sep 1 2011 // Florida’s highest court has upheld the so-called “household exclusion” clause in automobile policies that states the injuries suffered by family members residing with an insured driver are not covered...
Florida Supreme Court to Rule on Medical Malpractice Cap
Sep 1 2011 // Florida highest court will consider whether a $1 million cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases violates the state’s constitution. The Florida legislature enacted the cap as part of a 2003 law...
Florida Targets Check Cashing Firms for Aiding Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 30 2011 // Florida officials, law enforcement officers and trade groups are lining up in an effort to stop checking cashing companies from facilitating workers’ compensation fraud in the construction industry. Headed up by...
Costco ‘Slurpee Slip and Fall’ Suit Stays in New York
Aug 26 2011 // A 74-year-old woman who said she was injured after falling in a Costco store in Florida beat back the retailer’s effort to move the case to that state because it was too much trouble to defend itself in New...
Threat of Irene Exposes New York’s Vulnerability
Aug 25 2011 // In the annals of natural disasters, it doesn’t get much worse than a major hurricane directly striking New York City and Long Island. Hurricane Irene is on a course that will take it up the East Coast from the...
Hurricane Irene Seen Skirting Florida, Possibly Landing in Carolinas
Aug 23 2011 // Hurricane Irene was expected to strengthen over the next few days and could hit the southeastern United States as a large and powerful storm late in the week, forecasters said Tuesday. The U.S. National Hurricane...
