Latest Florida Headlines
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Firefighter, 2 Others Injured by Gas Leak Explosion at Florida Home
Dec 7 2020 // A firefighter and two residents were injured in an explosion caused by a gas leak at a home in Bradenton, Fla., fire officials said. The residents were taken to a hospital on Wednesday afternoon for treatment of their...
Thanksgiving Fire Engulfs Florida Shopping Center
Nov 30 2020 // State fire marshals are investigating a suspicious fire that engulfed a shopping center early Thanksgiving morning. The fire at the Village Plaza shopping center in Daytona Beach broke out at about 4 a.m. Thursday and...
Century Risk Advisors of Florida Names Brown Manager of Private Client Division
Nov 30 2020 // Property & Casualty insurance executive Tracy Brown has been named manager of the Private Client Division at Century Risk Advisors, Inc. (CRA), an independent insurance agency offering insurance and risk management...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Adds Cuevas to Florida Office
Nov 23 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added Mike Cuevas to the firm’s Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., office. Mike Cuevas Cuevas has more than 30 years of experience with previous stops at Coastal Premier and Van...
AM Best Upgrades Rating of T.H.E. Insurance Co. of Florida
Nov 19 2020 // T.H.E. Insurance Company (T.H.E.), an AXA XL insurance company and a McGowan Allied Specialty Insurance partner, has been upgraded to A+ (Superior)/XV by AM Best. This recent AM Best upgrade to A+ XV affirms the financial...
HSCM Bermuda Takes Majority Stake in Florida Insurer Southern Fidelity After Merger
Nov 18 2020 // After a tumultuous year that included double-digit rate increases, an intervention by the state regulator and a merger, Florida-based insurer Southern Fidelity Insurance Co. (SFIC) and its affiliated entities have ceded a...
Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. Successfully Resolved Trucking Case in Florida Jury Verdict of Just Under $412M
Nov 17 2020 // Chicago, IL, November 13, 2020 – Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (“PPCI”) successfully resolved a trucking case that went to jury trial in Florida resulting in a jury verdict of just under...
Citizens People Moves: Thomas Joins Board, Beruff Becomes Chair, Dunbar to Rep FIGA
Nov 17 2020 // Several changes came to Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors this month with two new appointments and the approval of one board member to serve as a representative for the Florida Insurance...
Parts of Florida, Carolinas Take Beating from Tropical Storm Eta
Nov 16 2020 // After hanging over Florida for several days, the former Tropical Storm Eta became a post-tropical cyclone early Friday, racing off the Southeast Atlantic coast and bringing heavy rains and gusty winds to the Carolinas...
King Tides Could Bring Flooding to South Florida
Nov 16 2020 // The National Weather Service in Miami is issuing a coastal flood statement as the new moon’s proximity to Earth brings on another round of king tides. The Palm Beach Post reports that because the new moon is Sunday,...
Orchid Insurance, Homesite Launch Homeowners Insurer TRUE in Florida
Nov 16 2020 // Orchid Underwriters Agency, LLC (Orchid), a specialty underwriter of catastrophe-exposed property insurance, and Homesite Group, a national property insurer, have created TRUE, a reciprocal insurance company to protect...
Declarations
Nov 16 2020 // Kansas Crop Risk “Kansas is having a relatively larger increase in crop risk as a response to a one-degree Celsius warming, compared to the other parts of the country.” — Jisang Yu, assistant professor of...
Erratic Tropical Storm Eta Makes Landfall on Florida’s West Coast
Nov 12 2020 // Tropical Storm Eta made landfall on Florida’s west coast Thursday, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds to northern parts of the peninsula. Eta came ashore near Cedar Key at 4 a.m. New York time, with maximum...
HUB Acquires Assets Of Florida-Based Leading Edge Benefit Advisors & Affiliates
Nov 12 2020 // HUB International Limited (Hub), a leading global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Leading Edge Benefit Advisors, LLC, Raimey, Corp., Leading Edge Human Resource Services, LLC, Leading Edge Companies, LLC,...
Tropical Storm Eta’s Rains Threaten Floods for South Florida, Cuba, Bahamas
Nov 10 2020 // Nov 10, 2020, 4:33 AM— After coming ashore in the Florida Keys overnight, Tropical Storm Eta is now hovering just north of the Yucatan Channel and is set to re-strengthen as it meanders over the south-eastern Gulf of...
Flood Waters Keep Rising in South Florida from Tropical Storm Eta
Nov 10 2020 // Beaches and coronavirus testing sites were closed, public transportation shut down and some evacuations in place early Monday after Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in the Florida Keys, bringing heavy rains to already...
Florida Regulator Calls for Further Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease
Nov 10 2020 // Florida’s insurance regulator has called for a further decrease to proposed workers’ compensation insurance rates in response to a filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). In an order...
Update: Tropical Storm Eta Strikes Florida Keys, Could Still Strengthen
Nov 8 2020 // Updated on Nov 9, 2020, 9:36 AM – After coming ashore in the Florida Keys overnight, Tropical Storm Eta will wander the eastern Gulf of Mexico, dumping heavy rain on the Sunshine State and raking it with gusty...
Weakened Storm Eta Moves over Honduras with Heavy Rains. Next Stop Cuba, Florida?
Nov 6 2020 // TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Eta is moving over Honduras as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have caused deadly landslides while drenching the country’s east and the north of...
Florida Voters Approve Raising Minimum Wage to $15 Over 6 Years
Nov 6 2020 // Florida voters on Tuesday approved raising the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years, which advocates say will lift the pay for hundreds of thousands of workers in the state’s...
