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Study Shows Pollution, Runoff Intensify Red Tide Blooms in Florida Waters
Aug 30 2022 // A new study by University of Florida researchers has provided one of the strongest correlations yet, showing that red tide outbreaks in coastal waters are exacerbated by man-made pollution. “There has been this kind...
Viewpoint: Can the Florida Insurance Market Withstand Another Hurricane Andrew?
Aug 29 2022 // The wide-ranging impact of Hurricane Andrew on the Florida insurance market is a familiar story within the risk management world. However, 30 years on from August 24, 1992, when Andrew made landfall in Dade County,...
DCA Can’t Prohibit Lower Court Ruling, Florida Justices Decide in Insurance Case
Aug 26 2022 // Claim Was Settled, But Insurer Attorneys Revealed Mediation Info, Claimants’ Lawyer Says An appeals court cannot be used to prohibit a lower court’s decisions, except through the normal appeal process, the...
NCCI Recommends 8.4% Cut in Florida Workers’ Comp Rates for 2023
Aug 25 2022 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending an average 8.4% cut in workers’ compensation rates for the Florida voluntary market – the seventh straight reduction and double the size of the...
Florida DWC Trying to Bring Two-Year Medical Reimbursement Debate to a Close
Aug 24 2022 // The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold hearings on Aug. 30 to discuss changes to some medical reimbursement levels and procedures, the latest step in a sometimes contentious process that has lasted...
30 Years Ago Andrew Upended Florida, But Current Legal Storm May Be Worse
Aug 24 2022 // It was 30 years ago today that Hurricane Andrew, the strongest storm to make U.S. landfall in more than two decades, gouged its way across south Florida, destroying more than 25,000 homes, by some estimates, and causing...
Report Questions Lydecker’s Appointment to Florida Citizens Insurance Board
Aug 22 2022 // Three months after Charlie Lydecker was appointed to the Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors, some are questioning that appointment after his involvement with another, highly criticized program...
Judge Blocks Florida ‘Anti-Woke’ Law Pushed by Gov. DeSantis
Aug 22 2022 // A Florida judge has declared a Florida law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts race-based conversation and analysis in business and education unconstitutional. Tallahassee U.S. District Judge Mark...
Florida Sting Operation Busted 13 Contractors Without Workers’ Comp
Aug 19 2022 // Unlicensed contractors, all without proper workers’ compensation insurance on their workers, have been charged in another law enforcement sting operation in Florida, authorities said. The state’s chief...
Florida Utility Says New Drone Can Speed Hurricane Recovery
Aug 19 2022 // Florida’s primary energy provider is ready to launch a powerful new technology, just ahead of the busiest weeks of the Atlantic hurricane season: a new fixed-wing drone designed fly into tropical storm force winds...
Florida’s Deadly High Speed Rail to Get $25 Million Safety Improvement
Aug 19 2022 // Tracks used by the nation’s deadliest railroad will see added fencing to keep pedestrians away and safety improvements at crossings under a $25 million federal grant announced Monday. Brightline and government...
Florida Hospital Facing Hundreds of Lawsuits over Surgeon’s Allegedly Botched Operations
Aug 18 2022 // A Jacksonville hospital now faces hundreds of lawsuits alleging that a surgeon who reportedly had palsy caused serious injuries and corrective surgeries from 2016 to 2020. The Florida Times-Union newspaper and NBC News...
ER Docs Are Independent Contractors, But Hospital Still Controls, Florida Court Finds
Aug 16 2022 // As in many business and commercial liability disputes, it’s all about the wording of the contract, a Florida appeals court decided in a medical malpractice case that could affect hospitals’ relationships with...
FBI: Firm Chaired by Former Florida House Speaker Billed County for Hurricane Cleanup
Aug 16 2022 // A Florida company with a former House speaker as a top executive allegedly charged local government millions of dollars for Hurricane Michael cleanup that it never performed, according to an FBI affidavit that was released...
$16 Million Part of Federal Funding to Aide Florida with Affordable Housing
Aug 15 2022 // The U.S. government is providing almost $12 million to help residents pay rent and mortgages in south Florida, a place that has been called the epicenter of the nation’s affordable housing crisis. The South Florida...
Florida’s Citizens Tops 1 Million Policies, Making it Largest in State by a Third
Aug 12 2022 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp., created by lawmakers as a last-resort option, has become the largest property insurer in the state with more than 1 million policies in force – and growing. Stakeholders...
Florida Claims Litigation Dropped in July, but AOB Share Continues to Rise
Aug 11 2022 // The volume of claims litigation in Florida rose in June then declined in July by almost the same amount. But the share of cases that are assignment-of-benefits claims rose to the highest level since early 2021, a...
Florida’s Heritage, UPC Report Losses, Changes for Q2; No Word on UPC Sale
Aug 9 2022 // Two major Florida P&C insurers have announced second-quarter financial results. The news is a mixed bag, and was not unexpected. In an earnings call Monday, executives with publicly traded United Insurance Holdings...
Florida’s Ag Commissioner Wants Lower Retention for Cat Fund
Aug 8 2022 // Florida’s agriculture commissioner, a Democratic candidate for governor, is on board with what many in the insurance industry have been asking for: utilizing the state’s hurricane catastrophe fund to provide...
Experts: Southwest Florida to See Daily Tidal Floods by 2100
Aug 8 2022 // In the year 2100, Fort Myers, Florida will see only one day in which nuisance high tide flooding isn’t an issue. And Naples will be flooded by incoming tides every day, according to the latest tide predictions coming...
