Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida’s St. James Promotes Mertz to Marketing Director
Jan 21 2010 // St. James Insurance Group in Orlando, Florida has promoted Jonathan Mertz, vice president and operations manager, to marketing director. His new responsibilities will include all marketing and sales initiatives,...
Florida Hospitals Must Tell Patients of Lawsuit Limits
Jan 20 2010 // The Florida Supreme Court says hospitals must warn patients about a state law that bars malpractice lawsuits for birth-related neurological injuries. The justices last week ruled hospitals that fail to do so can then be...
Florida Workers’ Comp Insurer SUNZ Buys Tennessee’s Brentwood National
Jan 15 2010 // SUNZ Insurance Co. of St. Petersburg, Fla. reported it has acquired Brentwood National Insurance Co. of Brentwood, Tenn., a workers’ compensation services and claims firm. SUNZ sells workers’ compensation...
Florida Citrus Growers Report More Damage From Another Freeze
Jan 13 2010 // Citrus growers in central Florida Tuesday reported more freeze damage to their oranges from another night of freezing temperatures and said they also feared leaf and twig damage could hurt the 2010/11 crop. Citrus growers...
Former State Rep. Ausley, Democrat, to Run for Florida CFO Post
Jan 13 2010 // Former state Rep. Loranne Ausley is running for chief financial officer. Ausley is the only major Democrat now seeking the seat Alex Sink is giving up to run for governor. Ausley, 46, of Tallahassee served in the House for...
Unusual Cold Spell Imperils Florida Crops, Homes
Jan 13 2010 // Here’s something you don’t often see in this town at the heart of the state’s $9 billion citrus industry: a sign at the public library that says, “ICE! On sidewalk. Be careful!” Growers were...
Florida Agents, Consumer Group Sound Alarm Over ‘Perilous’ Property Market
Jan 13 2010 // Insurance agents, a former insurance commissioner and a consumer advocate have sounded an alarm about the property insurance marketplace in Florida, a market that has seen four insurers get into financial trouble in the...
Business Moves
Jan 10 2010 // Aon Risk, Allied North America Aon Risk Services, the risk management and insurance brokerage business of Aon Corp., said it has agreed to acquire Allied North America, one of the largest independent surety and...
Florida Touts Competitive Workers’ Comp Market Helped by 2003 Tort Reforms
Jan 10 2010 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation says that the state’s workers’ compensation insurance market is competitive. In a new report based on data from 2008, the OIR found the Florida market features 251...
Texas, Louisiana Homeowners Insurance Pricey; Florida Most Expensive
Jan 10 2010 // Louisiana remains the third most expensive homeowners insurance market in the nation behind Florida and Texas, according to newly released data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The average premium...
Florida Probing Cruise Customer Complaints Against Trip Insurer
Jan 8 2010 // Hundreds of people who canceled a cruise vacation booked though Florida travel agents because of illness say the insurer didn’t pay. Health News Florida reports that Florida’s Department of Financial Services...
Florida CFO Helps Customers Recover $22 Million from Insurers
Jan 8 2010 // The Department of Financial Services helped recover over $22 million for Florida’s insurance consumers in 2009, according to officials. The $22 million represents an increase from $14 million recovered in...
Chinese Drywall Lawsuit Filed in Louisiana but Most Claims Are in Florida
Jan 7 2010 // On Jan. 6, the WCI Chinese Drywall Trust, an entity formed in bankruptcy proceedings of residential homebuilder WCI Communities Inc., announced it had filed suit against 14 insurance companies seeking indemnification for...
Florida Doctors Insurance Merges with Physicans Preferred
Jan 6 2010 // Florida Doctors Insurance Co. has completed a merger and acquisition of Physicians Preferred Insurance Co. (PPIC), which Florida Doctors said makes it the fourth largest admitted writer of physicians and surgeons medical...
Florida Peninsula to Acquire Home Insurer Edison
Jan 5 2010 // Boca Raton-based Florida Peninsula Holdings has agreed to acquire another Florida property insurer, Edison Insurance Group, including its two subsidiaries, Edison Insurance Co. and Edison Insurance Underwriters. The...
Louisiana Homeowners Insurance Pricey; Texas, Florida More Expensive
Jan 5 2010 // Louisiana remains the third most expensive homeowners insurance market in the nation behind Florida and Texas, according to newly released data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The average premium...
Report: Florida’s Workers’ Comp Market is Competitive
Dec 31 2009 // A new report released by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation concludes the state’s workers’ compensation insurance market is competitive. The report, based on data from 2008, shows the Florida market...
Florida’s Homeowners Choice Assumes 23,000 Policies from Citizens
Dec 29 2009 // State officials have authorized a private Florida insurer to accept 23,000 policies from the state-owned insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Homeowners Choice, Inc. said the assumption of these policies represents a...
Special Reuters Report: America’s Route to Recovery
Dec 29 2009 // When Bob Hagan was a boy in Youngstown, Ohio, people equated the coke dust they swept off their doorsteps each day with opportunity, for it came from the steel mills that built this city. After graduating from high school...
Florida Insurer Magnolia Placed Under State Supervision
Dec 28 2009 // Home insurer Magnolia Insurance Co. has been placed under administrative supervision by Florida insurance regulators who said it is in unsound financial shape and its president, H. James Irl, has resigned. The Coconut...
