Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida Insurance Commissioner Names Legislative Affairs Director
Oct 28 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty appointed John McBride as legislative affairs director. McBride will report to Chief of Staff Audrey Brown. McBride comes to the Office of Insurance Regulation from his most...
Tennessee Underwriter Forms Commercial Brokerage in Florida
Oct 28 2008 // Tennessee-based Appalachian Underwriters Inc. established a commercial brokerage division and will open a new office in Sarasota, Fla. to house the new operation. AUI will focus on property and casualty risks that are...
Florida Supreme Court Overturns Workers’ Comp Attorney Fee Limits
Oct 24 2008 // The Florida Supreme Court announced its final ruling in Murray v. Mariners Health/ACE USA, reinstating hourly attorneys’ fees in workers compensation cases. In response to the announcement, William Stander, assistant...
Florida-based First Guard Insurance Offers Truck Towing Coverage
Oct 21 2008 // Venice, Florida-based truck insurer, First Guard Insurance Co., is offering a comprehensive physical damage policy for lease owner operators that includes all towing expenses incurred from a covered accident to the nearest...
Florida-based United Insurance Holdings Corp. Changes Ticker Symbol
Oct 21 2008 // United Insurance Holdings Corp. of St. Petersburg, Fla., began trading its common stock, warrants and units on the OTC Bulletin Board under the new symbols UIHC, UIHCW and UIHCU respectively. The change became effective on...
Carriers’ Marketing to Latinos is Good but Could be Better, Say Agents
Oct 20 2008 // A majority of independent agents and brokers in a good position to know say insurance carriers do an acceptable job marketing to the Latino community, although as many as 40 percent also rate carriers’ efforts as...
Florida’s Citizens Cancels New Office
Oct 20 2008 // In the wake of criticism by key Florida lawmakers, the state-backed property and casualty insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., is backing off plans to seek a new, larger office complex that once included a...
Florida Warns Rising Energy Costs Could Increase Home Fires
Oct 20 2008 // Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Alex Sink is joining the American Red Cross and the National Fire Protection Association in warning Floridians about the risks of using alternative and unconventional...
Wanted: Florida Agencies Focusing on Hispanic Market
Oct 20 2008 // Sunshine State High on List of States for Agency Acquisitions by Consolidators Behind Confie Seguros The movers behind the insurance agency consolidation firm Confie Seguros say they are well-positioned to meet their goal...
Shrinking Citizens Signals Progress in Florida Property Market
Oct 20 2008 // Florida remains focused on recovery of its property insurance market. But new rules for reinsurers, a national catastrophe plan and the use of occupational rating in insurance are also on the radar of Florida Insurance...
People
Oct 20 2008 // Angelo Ganguzza, vice president of Boca Raton, Fla.-based LIG Insurance Agency and Kimberly Langston Gray, managing partner of Langston Insurance Agency in central Florida, accepted election to the Professional Insurance...
Florida-based Homeowners Choice Assumes 45,000 Citizens Policies
Oct 17 2008 // Homeowners Choice Inc., a Florida-based insurance holding company, reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Co. Inc., assumed approximately 45,000 homeowners’...
Florida Agents Group Hosting Agency Perpetuation Clinics
Oct 16 2008 // With one session down and two to go, the Florida Association of Insurance Agents is hosting a series of perpetuation clinics throughout Florida to aid agency owners in grappling with issues associated with agency...
A.M. Best, Insurers Concerned over Florida’s Catastrophe Fund Capabilities
Oct 16 2008 // The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Advisory Council recently presented its 2008 October bonding estimates, rattling the nerves of insurers in the process. While David Sampson, president and chief executive officer of...
Florida Regulator Orders Further Reduction in Workers’ Comp Rates
Oct 16 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty disapproved a worker’s compensation rate filing that the National Council on Compensation Insurance submitted on Aug. 27. McCarty ordered NCCI to make an amended filing to...
Florida-based Brown & Brown Acquires Al Phillips Insurance Agency
Oct 13 2008 // Florida-based Brown & Brown, Inc. announced the asset acquisition of Al Phillips Insurance Agency Inc. of Nashville, Tenn., by a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., according to C. Roy Bridges, regional executive...
Florida-based XN Holdings Introduces Robert Zobel
Oct 10 2008 // Dan Anber, president of Boca Raton, Florida-based XN Holdings, appointed Robert Zobel to chief financial officer of the firm. Zobel will be responsible for managing the agency’s financial performance and ongoing...
Florida Heeds Survey: Rising Energy Costs Could Increase Home Fires
Oct 10 2008 // Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Alex Sink is joining the American Red Cross and the National Fire Protection Association in warning Floridians about the risks of using alternative and unconventional...
New Leaders Join Professional Insurance Agents of Florida
Oct 10 2008 // Angelo Ganguzza, vice president of Boca Raton, Fla.-based LIG Insurance Agency and Kimberly “Kim” Langston Gray, managing partner of Langston Insurance Agency in central Florida, accepted election to the...
Florida Web Site to Help Teen Drivers
Oct 8 2008 // Teenage drivers can now share their own safety tips and experiences behind the wheel with other teens across Florida. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles says the site, TakeTheWheel.net, was created...
