Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida’s Citizens Moratorium on Policy Cancellations Extended to 2021
Aug 10 2020 // Florida’s state-run insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has extended its moratorium on cancellations and nonrenewals until the end of 2020 despite previously announcing it would resume processing them on Aug....
World Insurance Associates Acquires Novak Agency Insurors of Florida
Aug 7 2020 // World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Novak Agency Insurors of Largo, Fla., on June 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Novak Agency Insurors will be managed out of WIA’s Saint Petersburg...
Urban Flooding Is On The Rise, So What Can Be Done?
Aug 6 2020 // As hurricane season heats up, a growing number of properties located outside of FEMA-designated high-risk flood zones are already flooding. The problem is especially bad in the urban areas of America’s cities. A...
Worldwide Facilities Acquires Clearwater Underwriters of Florida
Aug 5 2020 // Worldwide Facilities, LLC, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, has acquired Clearwater Underwriters, Inc., a surplus lines MGA based in Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater...
McGriff to Consolidate South Florida Operations, Open Additional Branches
Aug 4 2020 // Insurance broker McGriff will expand its southeastern Florida operations with a new headquarters office in Coral Gables and the opening of branch locations in Fort Lauderdale and Weston later this year. The move to a...
Virus-Hit Florida Lashed by Weakened Tropical Storm Isaias
Aug 3 2020 // Bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida’s east coast Sunday while officials dealing with surging cases of the coronavirus kept a close watch on the weakened tropical storm. Isaias was downgraded from a...
COVID Business Interruption Suits Top 700. Yep, That’s A Lot
Aug 3 2020 // When insurance coverage lawsuits brought by businesses seeking coverage for COVID-related interruptions surpassed the 700 mark last week, the natural question to ask was: Is that a lot? That’s exactly the question...
Hurricane Isaias On Track Towards Florida, Southeast Coast
Jul 31 2020 // Heavy rains from Hurricane Isaias could hit Florida late Friday night before the owerful storm moves up the east coast into early next week, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory. The...
USG Insurance Services Hires Florida-Based Morgan
Jul 31 2020 // USG Insurance Services, Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, has hired Mark Morgan as producer/broker: Property, in Tampa, Fla. Morgan has 19 years of industry experience, most recently serving as director of New Business...
PCF Insurance Services Acquires Horizon Insurance of Florida
Jul 30 2020 // PCF Insurance Services (PCF), headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., has acquired Horizon Insurance, a Bradenton, Fla.-based provider of personal, commercial and financial services insurance. Horizon Insurance is an...
Rising Virus Cases Spark Concern for Florida Nursing Homes
Jul 29 2020 // The coronavirus transformed Florida’s nursing homes into closely guarded fortresses beginning in March, with the state banning family visits, isolating infected residents in separate wings and now requiring staff be...
Florida’s Citizens Won’t Resume Policy Cancellations in August After All
Jul 28 2020 // Florida’s state-run insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will extend its moratorium on cancellations and nonrenewals until the end of 2020 despite saying earlier this month it would resume processing them on...
Florida Business Regulator Looking at How Bars Can Open Safely
Jul 27 2020 // Florida’s top business regulator said Saturday that he planned to set up meetings with bar owners to discuss how they can reopen their businesses again safely, as the Sunshine State surpassed New York State in the...
New York ‘Bad Faith’ Bill Repeats Mistakes of California and Florida
Jul 23 2020 // The State of New York may be on the verge of making the same mistake that has driven Florida auto insurance premiums through the roof, and that did the same in California until its high court learned the error of its...
King Appointed Chief Colleague Officer of Florida-Based BRP Group
Jul 23 2020 // BRP Group, Inc., an independent insurance distribution firm, has appointed Erin King as chief colleague officer. As a key member of BRP Group’s executive leadership team, King will continue to build and foster a...
Ohio’s Golden Eagle Insurance, Florida’s Innovative Risk Solutions Merging
Jul 23 2020 // Ohio-based Golden Eagle Insurance and Innovative Risk Solutions are merging to form a new company, Unitas Financial Services. The merger is expected to be completed by Jan. 1, 2021. Innovative Risk Solutions is...
Florida Teachers Sue to Block Reopening of Public Schools
Jul 22 2020 // Florida teachers sued Monday to block what they call the “reckless and unsafe reopening” of public school campuses for face-to-face instruction. The Florida Education Association lawsuit argues that reopening...
Appeals Court Rejects Florida Hotel’s Coverage Interpretation in Suit Against Insurer
Jul 22 2020 // A recent opinion by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals involving a case against the insurer of a Florida hotel could clarify an issue of sublimits and have a significant impact on how policies are written in the future,...
Ohio’s Wallace & Turner: Turning 150 During a Pandemic
Jul 22 2020 // What’s the secret of longevity for an insurance agency, or really any business, that has been in operation for 150 years and shows no sign of slowing down? “At the end of the day you take care of your...
Florida Company Deploys Drones to Sanitize Facilities in Virus Fight
Jul 21 2020 // Upward Drone Solutions was only in business for a few months before the coronavirus pandemic hit and much of its work cleaning the exteriors of buildings dried up. Andy Godfrey, CEO of the Pensacola Beach-based business,...
