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Jul 18 2011 // Insurance broker Lockton Companies is expanding its business in Florida with the addition of Ed Rivas. Prior to joining Lockton, Rivas spent 11 years as the director of Human Resources and Safety for Arch Aluminum and...
Analysis: Reinsurers at Risk If Hurricane Season Is Big
Jul 18 2011 // A major hurricane landfall in Florida could strain leading global reinsurers that have already been buffeted by brutal tornadoes in the United States and earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand. The biggest reinsurers,...
U.S. Wary of Possible Cuba Oil Spill
Jul 18 2011 // With Cuba preparing to explore for oil 60 miles from Florida, the complicated politics of U.S.-Cuba relations are impeding U.S. efforts to get ready in case of a BP-style accident, analysts and oil experts said. The Obama...
Business Moves
Jul 18 2011 // Esurance, Security First Esurance, the online car insurance company, said that it is partnering with Security First Insurance Co. as an underwriter to offer homeowners insurance in Florida. The move comes a little more...
Florida Tweaks Its Workers’ Compensation Law
Jul 18 2011 // A variety of changes to Florida’s workers’ compensation law went into effect July 1 after Gov. Rick Scott signed into law CS/HB 1087. The changes affect cancellations, premium audits and prepaid benefit...
Florida Online Teen Driver Training
Jul 18 2011 // Florida teenagers once again will be allowed to take their learner’s permit tests online. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in January halted an online testing pilot program when they determined...
Florida Seeks Insurance Broker for $1.3 Billion SunRail Project
Jul 15 2011 // After surviving three governors and numerous legislative sessions, Florida’s SunRail commuter rail project that will tie together the city of Orlando with four other counties extending up to the eastern seaboard is...
Florida Governor Likes Idea of Privatizing State’s Citizens Insurance
Jul 15 2011 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott quickly embraced a suggestion this week by the board chairman of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to consider privatizing Florida’s largest insurer of business and...
Florida Says BP Oil Spill Victims Still Suffering
Jul 14 2011 // Nearly 15 months after the massive BP oil spill blighted the Gulf of Mexico and beaches across the southeast, Florida’s top agriculture official said that an untold number of residents whose livelihoods were...
Florida Woman Sues Bank for Declaring She Was Dead
Jul 13 2011 // A Florida woman says she’s having numerous financial troubles because of a bank error that caused Chase Bank USA to declare her dead last November. Wrenella Pierre has filed a lawsuit and Chase officials said Monday...
Henderson Joins AmWINS in Florida
Jul 13 2011 // Wholesale broker AmWINS Group Inc. said that Brian Henderson has joined the company as executive vice president. Henderson joins AmWINS from Peachtree Special Risk Brokers, a division of Brown and Brown Insurance, where he...
Florida Student Given Alcohol by Teacher Sues School Board
Jul 12 2011 // A central Florida high school student is suing the school board, claiming officials should have intervened before his teacher gave him alcohol and then let him drive home drunk. Nineteen year-old Dylan Ferguson said his...
BP Accused of Trying to Limit Gulf Oil Disaster Claims
Jul 12 2011 // Authorities will keep up pressure on BP Plc to ensure it fully compensates victims of last year’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio said Monday after the company indicated it wants to...
Florida Tweaks Its Workers’ Compensation Law
Jul 8 2011 // A variety of changes to Florida’s workers’ compensation law went into effect July 1. Gov. Rick Scott signed into law CS/HB 1087, a catch-all insurance bill that includes changes relating to workers’...
Florida’s Patriot National Gets $30M in Funding
Jul 8 2011 // Patriot National Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation provider, said it has received $30 million in equity funding from Six Points Investment Partners LLC. Steven M. Mariano, chairman and chief executive officer...
Wells Fargo Acquires Florida Benefits Firm
Jul 7 2011 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services has acquired Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based employee benefits firm, EDIFY, LLC. EDIFY provides employee benefits programs and consulting to mid to large-sized employers. EDIFY CEO Howard...
Reinsurance Prices Flat Except in Catastrophe Regions: Aon
Jul 7 2011 // First quarter catastrophes didn’t halt decreases in most U.S. reinsurance renewal programs, except in regions hard hit by significant catastrophe events, according to a report by a leading reinsurance intermediary....
Florida’s Acentria Acquires Ft. Myers Agency, FHC
Jul 6 2011 // Acentria Insurance is expanding its business into southwest Florida by acquiring Florida Homeowners & Commercial Insurance Agency. Terms were not disclosed. The FHC Insurance Agency in Ft. Myers has been providing...
Florida Reinstates Online Driver Permit Tests for Teens
Jul 6 2011 // Florida teenagers once again will be allowed to take their learner’s permit tests online. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in January halted an online testing pilot program when they determined...
U.S. Wary of Possible Cuba Oil Spill
Jul 5 2011 // With Cuba preparing to explore for oil 60 miles from Florida, the complicated politics of U.S.-Cuba relations are impeding U.S. efforts to get ready in case of a BP-style accident, analysts and oil experts said. The Obama...
