Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Court Sides with Florida Regulator Over Texas Insurer
Feb 7 2011 // A Texas-based workers’ compensation insurer has lost its appeal of rulings by the Florida insurance commissioner that have blocked it from doing business in the state. On Jan 20, without explanation, a three-judge...
Brown & Brown Names 4 Regional Vice Presidents
Feb 7 2011 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has named regional vice presidents in Washington, Florida, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. Eric E. Anderson, Anthony M. Grippa, Thomas Keith Huval and Richard A. Knudson,...
The Mood On Main Street
Feb 7 2011 // Has the recession changed how small business feels about insurance? The recession has taken its toll on contractors, restaurants, retailers, small manufacturers and other Main Street business around the country and most of...
Virginia Move Could Speed Up Supreme Court Review of Healthcare Law
Feb 4 2011 // Virginia said Thursday it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, bypassing the appeals process in a rarely used move to try to speed up a definitive...
Florida Regulator Wants Dallas National Vendetta Lawsuit Dismissed
Feb 3 2011 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty is back in federal court looking to end a legal battle with the Texas-based Dallas National Insurance Co. and its owner Charles David Wood, who claims the commissioner denied...
Csiszar, Ex-Regulator, Named to Board of Florida’s Patriot National
Feb 3 2011 // Ernest N. Csiszar, former South Carolina insurance commissioner and head of a national insurers organization, has been named to the board of directors of Patriot National Insurance Group and Guarantee Insurance Co. Csiszar...
BB&T Promotes Owen to Director of Commercial Lines in Florida
Feb 3 2011 // BB&T Insurance Services has promoted David Owen to director of commercial lines and BB&T Insurance Services’ at its Fort Myers, Florida office. Owen will also continue as the branch manager of...
Florida Gov. Scott May Not Implement Healthcare Law
Feb 1 2011 // Florida’s Republican Governor Rick Scott signaled Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul may not be implemented in the state as a legal battle over the law appears headed to the...
State Farm Florida Seeks 28% Home Insurance Rate Hike
Feb 1 2011 // State Farm of Florida is requesting a statewide average 27.7 percent homeowners insurance rate increase citing the rising costs of sinkhole claims. The request comes as Florida lawmakers are trying to broker a deal over...
Federal Judge in Florida Rules Healthcare Law Must Be Voided
Jan 31 2011 // A federal judge in Florida struck down President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare overhaul as unconstitutional Monday in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law. U.S. District Judge...
Florida Businessman Charged with Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jan 31 2011 // Florida officials have charged a Duval County man with allegedly creating a fake company and fake name as part of a workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Florida CFO Jeff Atwater announced the arrest of David...
Florida Stops 4 Firms Selling Motor Vehicle Service Agreements
Jan 31 2011 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has issued a cease and desist order shutting down a number of insurers for the unauthorized marketing and sale of automobile service warranty insurance products. The affected...
8 Floridians Get Rewards for Reporting Insurance Fraud
Jan 28 2011 // Eight Floridians who provided information that led to arrests and convictions in five major insurance fraud cases have been given rewards totaling $50,500. These citizens helped uncover more than $2 million in fraudulent...
Severed Finger Points Way to Suspected Arsonist in Florida
Jan 26 2011 // A piece of a severed finger inside a glove led police near Titusvillle, Fla. to a suspected arsonist. Investigators found the finger near the door of a burning home along North Dixie Highway latst Friday night. They...
Insurers Form Florida Lobby Group to Change Personal Lines
Jan 25 2011 // Some of Florida’s largest insurance companies have banded together and formed the Personal Lines Insurance Federation of Florida to lobby for changes in the state’s regulatory environment in an effort to spur...
Florida’s MDW Names Fernandez Chief Operating Officer
Jan 25 2011 // MDW Insurance Group is pleased to announce that Norbert Fernandez has been named chief operating officer. Norbert will oversee the insurance marketing and management of all the operational functions of the Coral Gables,...
People
Jan 24 2011 // Washington D.C.-based broker Ames & Gough has named Christine Payne as senior account manager. Payne, who has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience, will oversee service and insurance placements for a...
Business Moves
Jan 24 2011 // Hub International, Farr Insurance Insurance broker Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Farr Insurance Group, a Venice, Florida-based insurance brokerage firm. Terms of the acquisition were not...
Florida Commissioner McCarty Accused of Vendetta by Texas Insurer
Jan 24 2011 // A Texas insurance company and its owner are suing Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, accusing him of being vindictive and defamatory in his efforts to ban the company from writing workers’ compensation in...
Florida Looking for Ways to Curb Sinkhole Losses
Jan 24 2011 // Florida lawmakers are trying to address the cost of sinkhole claims, which state officials and insurers say are driving up property insurance rates and could threaten the solvency of some domestic insurers if not brought...
