Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida Legislature Sends No-Fault Auto Insurance Repeal Bill to Governor
Jun 29 2021 // The Florida legislature has sent an auto insurance measure (Senate Bill 54) to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who must now decide whether to sign or veto the legislation, which would repeal the state’s Personal Injury Protection...
Death Toll from Florida Condo Collapse Rises; Investigation Into Cause Continues
Jun 29 2021 // Search-and-rescue teams pulled two more bodies from the concrete and steel rubble of a partially collapsed Florida condominium tower on Monday, bringing the death toll to 11 with 150 people still listed as missing four...
Surfside, Florida Condo Collapse Death Toll Rises to Nine
Jun 28 2021 // The death toll from the collapse of a Florida beachfront condo building has risen to nine as search-and-rescue efforts continue, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said. One person died in the hospital, and workers...
2018 Engineering Report Showed ‘Major’ Damage to Florida Condo That Fell
Jun 28 2021 // The ground-floor pool deck of the oceanfront condominium building that collapsed near Miami was resting on a concrete slab that had “major structural damage” and needed to be extensively repaired, according to...
Still 159 Unaccounted For as Florida Condo Collapse Death Toll Rises
Jun 25 2021 // Rescue workers scouring the debris of a collapsed condo building in a Miami suburb said they heard sounds in the rubble overnight, as officials on Friday raised the number of people unaccounted for to 159 and the confirmed...
South Florida Condominium Tower Partially Collapses, Killing At Least One
Jun 24 2021 // A Surfside, Fla. condominium tower partially collapsed early Thursday morning, killing at least one person and leaving 51 people unaccounted for. Approximately 55 units of the 12-story, 136-unit Champlain Towers South...
Fatal Florida Gay Pride Parade Crash Now Seen as Unintentional
Jun 23 2021 // A member of a men’s chorus group unintentionally slammed into fellow chorists at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, killing one member of the group and seriously injuring another, the group’s...
Florida Supreme Court Ruling Pulls Marijuana Proposal From 2022 Ballot
Jun 21 2021 // A proposed constitutional amendment to allow recreational marijuana use in Florida won’t be on the 2022 ballot after the state Supreme Court ruled last week that the ballot language was misleading. The court, in a...
Court Grants Florida Bid to Halt CDC Broad Shutdown of Cruise Industry
Jun 21 2021 // A federal judge on Friday ruled for Florida in a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention order making it difficult for cruise ships to resume sailing due to the coronavirus pandemic. U.S....
Interview with Florida Commissioner Altmaier: Private Flood Market and NFIP’s 2.0
Jun 21 2021 // Florida has 90,000 private flood insurance policies in force now — a 300% increase since passing legislation to encourage private insurers to offer the coverage in 2014, according to Florida Insurance Commissioner...
Stormy Weekend: Tropical Storm Warning Issued for Gulf Coast, Louisiana to Florida
Jun 17 2021 // The National Hurricane Center’s updated its tropical storm warning for the Gulf Coast is in effect for east of Morgan City, Louisiana to the Okaloosa/Walton County line in Florida. The center has warned of heavy...
New Florida Law on Reinsurance Goes into Effect in July
Jun 17 2021 // A newly-enacted Florida law revises reinsurance statutes, providing insurers with credit for reinsurance and eliminating additional collateral requirements for a reinsurer if it is domiciled in a “reciprocal...
Newly-Enacted Florida Property Insurance Reform Bill Said to Be Already Working
Jun 11 2021 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday officially signed into law reform legislation on property insurance and roofing contractor practices, a measure some say is having a positive impact even before it goes into...
Now Available: Insurance Journal’s Focus on Florida Special Edition
Jun 11 2021 // Check out Insurance Journal’s recent special edition on Florida including a special report on new legislation to help Floridians who are battling the state’s property insurance crisis. This legislation aims to...
Florida Governor to Sign Property Insurance Measure But Says State Needs to Do More
Jun 10 2021 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that he will sign recently-passed legislation addressing property insurance costs and roofing contractor practices while adding that he believes that the state needs to do more to curb excess...
Version 21.0 of RMS North Atlantic Hurricane Models Certified by Florida Hurricane Commission on Loss Projection Methodology
Jun 10 2021 // RMS remains first and only risk modeling company to offer hurricane models certified by the FCHPLM on both on-premises software and a cloud platform simultaneously Newark, Calif. – June 10, 2021 – Today, RMS, the...
Florida Insurance Agent Charged with Diverting $4M in Premiums
Jun 9 2021 // A Pensacola, Florida insurance agent has bee charged with selling fraudulent insurance policies to his clients in exchange for approximately $4 million in insurance premium payments. Jason R. Coody, acting U.S. Attorney...
PEAK6 Acquires Florida’s Team Focus, Parent to MacNeil Group, Capacity Insurance
Jun 8 2021 // Investment firm PEAK6 announced that its insurance operations subsidiary, PEAK6 InsurTech, will acquire Team Focus Insurance Group, a Sunrise, Fla.-based property/casualty insurance firm that includes MacNeill Group, a...
Florida Top Court Says Insurer Can Pursue Malpractice Claim Against Defense Law Firm
Jun 8 2021 // Attorneys who are hired by insurance carriers to defend policyholders from lawsuits have a duty to represent the insured, but the insurer is paying their fees. Obviously, the insurer has a financial interest in the outcome...
Florida Surgeon’s Estate Settles with Indiana City over Plane Crash Death
Jun 7 2021 // The estate of a Florida plastic surgeon who died in 2019 when his small plane crashed in a central Indiana farm field shortly after takeoff has settled its lawsuit with the city of Kokomo, Indiana. The estate of Daniel...
