Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Weighs Whether to Continue Personal Injury Coverage
Mar 29 2007 // After her car accident, Sarah Capps suffered from a sore shoulder and back. What she thought were common pains turned out to be six herniated discs. Were it not for the protective medical coverage that every Florida car...
Fla. Bipartisan Spirit May be Cracking Over Property Taxes in House
Mar 28 2007 // The bipartisan spirit that took hold of the Florida Legislature earlier this year in the effort to lower homeowner insurance rates is showing signs of cracking in the House over property tax relief. A divide has developed...
Fla. Policyholders of Failed Vanguard Given Policy Options
Mar 28 2007 // Leon County Circuit Court Judge Terry P. Lewis approved an order allowing Royal Palm Insurance Co. and Security First Insurance Co. to offer new coverage to the 57,000 homeowner policyholders currently with Maitland-based...
News Currents
Mar 26 2007 // Restoration work continues after Florida tornadoes With the final death toll standing at 20, the tornadoes that slammed central Florida on Feb. 2 have been dubbed “Ground-Hog Day Tornadoes” by The Florida State...
Washington warming to national disaster plan idea
Mar 26 2007 // Sen. Dodd says hurricane and flood disasters are not just a local issue, but a national one A proposal for a national disaster plan to backup private hurricane and flood insurance markets appears to be gaining momentum in...
Associated Industries of Fla. Cautions Against Citizens’ Expansion
Mar 26 2007 // Associated Industries of Florida is urging the state’s insurance officials and budget leaders to proceed with caution as they work toward the overhauling of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Citizens plans to expand...
New insurer caters PUREly to Florida’s wealthiest residents
Mar 26 2007 // Florida’s wealthy residents have a new personal lines insurer promising to save them money on premiums. The company will sell property/casualty insurance for high value homes, cars, jewelry, art, and personal excess...
News Currents
Mar 26 2007 // Washington warming to national disaster plan idea Sen. Dodd says hurricane and flood disasters are not just a local issue, but a national one A proposal for a national disaster plan to backup private hurricane and flood...
U.S. Study Finds Majority of Medical Malpractice Claims Close Without Payment
Mar 26 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Restoration work continues after Florida tornadoes
Mar 26 2007 // With the final death toll standing at 20, the tornadoes that slammed central Florida on Feb. 2 have been dubbed “Ground-Hog Day Tornadoes” by The Florida State Emergency Response Team. The groundhogs in Sumter,...
New Medical Malpractice Market Opens for Florida Nurses
Mar 23 2007 // Sophia Palmer Nurses Risk Retention Group, Inc. will offer malpractice insurance to Florida nurses in partnership with the Florida Nurses Association. The newly formed Risk Retention Group was capitalized by Ponce de Leon...
Fla. Catastrophe Fund Changes Prompt Citizens Refunds
Mar 19 2007 // Rate decreases and in some cases, refunds, are on the way for almost 1.2 million Florida policyholders insured by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The reduced rates are the result of expanded access to coverage from the...
Washington Warming to National Disaster Plan Idea
Mar 16 2007 // A proposal for a national disaster plan to backup private hurricane and flood insurance markets appears to be gaining momentum in Washington. This week, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Florida Life Wholesaler, The Producer’s Choice
Mar 15 2007 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired The Producer’s Choice, Inc. of Coral Springs, Florida. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1992, The Producer’s Choice, Inc. is a managing general...
Fla. Insurers Receive ‘Presumed Factor,’ Must File Rates
Mar 12 2007 // All residential insurers in Florida must make a filing containing new rates by March 15 to become effective for new or renewal policies beginning June 1 and thereafter on the renewal date of the policy. Insurers are also...
La. Isn’t the Only Coastal State With Insurance Troubles
Mar 12 2007 // Eighteen months after the hurricanes, “crisis” is the term everyone uses to describe Louisiana’s insurance problems. The governor spends much of her time begging insurance companies to continue doing...
Insurance Journal’s Exclusive Agency Salary Survey
Mar 12 2007 // More independent insurance agencies gave salary increases in 2006 than in 2005, but still nearly half of all agency salaries nationwide stayed right where they were compared to 2005. On the other hand, producer commission...
Multistate natural disaster proposal garners mixed reaction
Mar 12 2007 // News Currents Insurance officials in Florida, where a spate of hurricanes have set the industry into turmoil, pitched the idea recently of multistate insurance pools for natural disasters to their colleagues from across...
Declarations
Mar 12 2007 // Florida clarification “It’s something the companies can live with. The clarification in this order addresses all of our concerns.” Sam Miller, Florida Insurance Council, announcing his members had dropped...
