Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIA Applauds Med Mal Reform Initiative in Fla. House
Mar 24 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) praised the vote of the Florida House of Representatives giving final approval today to a comprehensive medical liability reform bill, saying that reform is a necessity if the state...
La.’s Deputy Commissioner Takes on Rating Board, Struggling Firm
Mar 24 2003 // According to Jim Donelon, Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI), the answer to the homeowners’ insurance crisis in Louisiana is to move to a file and use rating system, and to...
Senate Repubs Reportedly Bent on Destroying Fla. Tort Reform Efforts
Mar 21 2003 // “It appears you no longer have to be a Democrat to be a friend of the trial bar in Florida,” William Stander, government affairs representative in Tallahassee for the Alliance of American Insurers (AAI),...
Medical Justice Introduces Countersuit Malpractice Policies in N.C.
Mar 19 2003 // Medical Justice™ Corporation announced it is partnering with local insurance brokers in North Carolina and Ohio, as well as the Florida Medical Association, to protect physicians from frivolous malpractice cases with its...
AXCESS Insurance: Turning Risk Into Reward
Mar 13 2003 // We Take Risk Out of the Stock Market! AXCESS Insurance: Turning Risk Into Reward NEW YORK / March 13, 2003 — Determined to counter the economic downturn impacting other companies and to make a difference in the midst...
We Take Risk Out of the Stock Market!
Mar 13 2003 // Determined to counter the economic downturn impacting other companies and to make a difference in the midst of today’s economic slump, AXCESS Insurance and its CEO are expanding their work-force and providing...
2001 Numbers Show Decrease in Fla. Workplace Injuries, Illnesses
Mar 11 2003 // Private sector workplace injuries and illnesses in Florida decreased slightly in 2001, down 800 from 288,200 in 2000, according to the Florida Department of Financial Services (FDFS). This statistic, among others, is the...
Coalition Urges Fla. Lawmakers to Act on Gov.’s Call for Med. Liability Reforms
Mar 7 2003 // Florida lawmakers must act on Governor Jeb Bush’s call for medical liability system reforms—including a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages—in order to end a crisis that is driving up healthcare costs and...
Poe Financial Group’s Florida Preferred Approved in Florida
Mar 4 2003 // The Poe Financial Group announced that it’s Florida Preferred Property Insurance Company has received regulatory approval in Florida. Company president Bill Poe Jr. said, “We are pleased to be in a position to...
Fla. Lawmakers Unveil Anti-Fraud Bills
Feb 28 2003 // Two Florida lawmakers, reportedly keenly aware of how insurance fraud is hurting consumers, have filed legislation designed to crack down on fraud perpetrators in the state. Sen. Bill Posey (R, Dist. 24) and chairman of...
Florida Firm Fined $54,000 For Workers’ Comp Violation
Feb 28 2003 // The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation fined a Port Charlotte engineering firm more than $54,000 for failing to provide workers’ compensation coverage for its employees. The division took the action...
Fla. Business Associations Demand a Fix for Medical Liability Problems
Feb 20 2003 // Florida’s top business associations demanded that state legislators fix the broken medical liability system, saying it is one of the key reasons healthcare costs are skyrocketing for employers and workers. According...
APCapital Reports Fewer Losses, Sees 2003 Profits
Feb 14 2003 // American Physicians Capital Inc. reported a net operating loss of $1.1 million, or 12 cents per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2002, compared to a net operating loss of $14.5 million, or $1.38 per diluted share,...
Florida Roofing Co. Owners Face Fraud Charges
Feb 11 2003 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that the owners of an Orange County roofing company were arrested for workers’ compensation fraud and organized fraud. Investigators with the...
SW Florida Drywall Company Fined $361,000
Feb 10 2003 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced the state’s Division of Workers’ Compensation fined a Naples drywall contractor more than $361,000 for failing to provide workers’ compensation...
Former Florida Insurance Lobbyist Passes Away
Feb 7 2003 // William “Buddy” McCue, former workers’ compensation lobbyist for the Florida Insurance Council (FIC) and former president of the Florida Association of Insurance Agents, died recently in Tallahassee after...
Doctors Walk Out in North Florida
Feb 6 2003 // Doctors in northern Florida shut down their practices for the afternoon on Feb. 5 in protest of rising malpractice insurance rates. According to the Associated Press, the Florida doctors regard the situation as a...
Fla. Coalition Praises Med Mal Task Force Report
Feb 5 2003 // The Coalition to Heal Healthcare in Florida, which includes Florida’s hospitals, doctors and major business groups, applauded the final report of a task force studying the state’s medical liability crisis,...
Alliance Praises Fla. Supreme Ct. Order Permitting Insurer Use of Staff Counsel
Jan 30 2003 // A recent order by the Supreme Court of Florida to approve amendments to the rules regulating the Florida Bar is a significant victory for insurers and consumers alike, according to the Alliance of American...
Florida Ins. Exec. Appointed to Presidential Commission
Jan 27 2003 // Manny Varas, CEO of Professional Casualty Insurance, one of Florida’s largest homeowner insurance providers, was appointed by Republican Congressman Tom Delay of Texas to serve on the Presidential Business...
