Latest Florida Headlines
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Security First, Amelia Underwriters Offering New Products in Warming Florida Market
Dec 30 2024 // Two Florida-based insurance companies are expanding their product lines, another sign that insurers are making more – if limited – moves into a warming market in the state. Amelia Underwriters, a wholesale and surplus...
Florida DFS Posts Latest Enforcement Actions Against Agents, Adjusters
Dec 27 2024 // Florida’s Department of Financial Services has posted its enforcement actions for much of the last half of 2024, listing 12 insurance agents and 43 adjusters who were penalized, suspended, or had their licenses...
FAA Probes Holiday Drone Show Accident that Injured Florida Boy
Dec 26 2024 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that it has launched an investigation into why several drones collided and fell from the sky during a holiday show over the weekend in downtown...
Investigation Continues After South Florida Boat Explosion Kills 1, Injures 6
Dec 26 2024 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A boat explosion at a South Florida marina has left one person dead and six others injured, officials said. The explosion occurred Monday night about 6 p.m. at the Lauderdale Marina, Fort...
Cleveland Clinic Plans New Hospital, Larger Outpatient Center in South Florida
Dec 20 2024 // The Cleveland Clinic, a health care system with hospitals and clinics around the world, said it plans to build a 150-bed hospital in the Palm Beach area and will quadruple the size of an outpatient clinic there. Cleveland...
Afore Moves into Childcare Insurance Market With Block Insurance of Florida
Dec 20 2024 // Afore Insurance Services, a brokerage and broker acquisition platform based in the Atlanta area, has acquired Block Insurance in Oveido, Florida, a firm that has specialized in finding coverage for childcare providers,...
Florida Businessman Pleads Guilty to Rolling Back Odometers by Thousands of Miles
Dec 20 2024 // A Florida car dealer is awaiting sentencing after he pleaded guilty to rolling back the odometers on at least three vehicles by thousands of miles. Drew Mitchell Schreiber, owner of Central Florida Automotive Group, in...
Three Dozen High-Rise Buildings in South Florida Are Sinking, Study Says
Dec 19 2024 // SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Almost three dozen high-rise condos and luxury hotels along the beach in South Florida are sinking or settling in unexpected ways, in some cases because of nearby construction, according to...
CRC Group Acquires Florida Wholesaler SLB Insurance Group
Dec 16 2024 // CRC Group, one of North America’s leading independent wholesale specialty insurance distributors, has acquired SLB Insurance Group, a binding authority operation with offices in Florida and Louisiana. Founded in...
‘Delay, Deny:’ Woman in Florida Charged With Threatening BCBS After Claim Denial
Dec 13 2024 // A Lakeland, Florida, woman was charged this week with threatening mass violence after she reportedly told her health insurance company: “Delay, deny, depose. You people are next” – echoing words allegedly...
Florida Board Revokes Butt-Lift Doctor’s License, Three Years After Patient Died
Dec 12 2024 // Florida’s Board of Medicine has revoked the medical license of a doctor who performed Brazilian butt-lift surgery, three years after his license was restricted after a botched surgery killed a patient. Dr....
Guy Carpenter to Research Parametric Solutions in California, Florida
Dec 12 2024 // Guy Carpenter said it is starting a research project to explore the use of parametric insurance solutions in California and Florida for wildfire and hurricane risks. The effort will focus on the use of a...
Florida Hospital Can’t Avoid Med Mal Suit Over Birth Injury, Appeals Court Says
Dec 12 2024 // Florida lawmakers established the Birth-Related Neurological Injury fund in 1988 to provide a no-fault remedy for parents of children with certain injuries incurred at birth, with an aim toward reducing the soaring cost of...
Florida Set to Produce the Fewest Oranges Since 1930 After Storm
Dec 11 2024 // Florida’s orange production for the current season is forecast at 12 million boxes, the lowest since 1930, after a hurricane this fall accelerated an unrelenting industry downturn. That’s down three million...
Coming Soon to Florida: New State-Fed Program to Elevate Homes in Flood Zones
Dec 11 2024 // At the Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit last week, the state’s emergency management director announced a multi-million-dollar program that many homeowners, lawmakers and insurers have long hoped for: New...
Environmentalists Headed to Court Over Proposed Oil Well in Florida Watershed
Dec 10 2024 // TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Environmentalists are heading to court to try to stop a plan to drill for oil in the watershed of a vulnerable north Florida river. The challenge brought by the conservation group Apalachicola...
Executive of Tyler Perry Studios Dies When Plane He Was Piloting Crashes in Florida
Dec 9 2024 // (AP) — The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The studio confirmed on Saturday that Steve Mensch, its 62-year-old...
Florida Citizens Policy Count Dips Below 1 Million for First Time in Two Years
Dec 5 2024 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has dropped below 1 million policies in force for the first time since July 2022, a milestone that officials said reflects an ongoing depopulation program and an improving...
JPMorgan Bolsters Florida Bet With 300 New Jobs in Orlando
Dec 4 2024 // JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to hire 300 people in the Orlando area over the next two years, part of the largest US bank’s expansion in the South. The firm will renovate its 250,000-square-foot...
Despite IRS Scrutiny, Micro-Captives Growing Like Weeds in Hard Florida Market
Dec 4 2024 // Despite continued uncertainty over the future of federal tax rules on micro-captive insurance companies, the instruments seem to be increasingly popular for small businesses, especially in Florida, where rates for...
