Latest Florida Headlines
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Major Florida City to Get Rid of Red-Light Cameras
Aug 15 2017 // A major Florida city is planning to get rid of its red-light cameras after data show the devices haven’t reduced car accidents. The Florida Times-Union reports that Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams announced the...
Florida Regulators Set Date for Citizens Public Rate Hearing
Aug 15 2017 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) announced it will conduct a rate hearing on Aug. 31, 2017 to receive public comment on Citizens’ proposed rate changes for its business in the Coastal Account (CA),...
Geologists Descend on Florida Neighborhood to Study Massive Sinkhole
Aug 14 2017 // Geologists are studying a massive Florida sinkhole that destroyed two homes and rendered five others uninhabitable. Experts might ever know exactly what caused Pasco County’s largest sinkhole in decades, but a team...
American Meteorological Society Report Confirms 2016 Was Warmest Year on Record
Aug 10 2017 // A new State of the Climate report released today by the American Meteorological Society has confirmed that 2016 surpassed 2015 as the warmest year in 137 years of recordkeeping. The report was compiled by the National...
Swiss Re: Miami Is More Vulnerable to Hurricanes Like Andrew
Aug 10 2017 // Almost 25 years have passed since a Category 5 hurricane struck south of Miami, and the city’s vulnerability to catastrophic storm damage has grown exponentially, according to a new insurance underwriters’...
NSI Insurance Group Acquires Southeast Insurance of Boca Raton, Florida
Aug 10 2017 // NSI Insurance Group has acquired Southeast Insurance, an independent agency based in Boca Raton, Fla. Southeast President Brian Samberg and his entire team will join NSI Insurance Group, giving the company a new position...
Thousands of Homes in Florida’s Palm Beach County Now in High-Risk Flood Zones
Aug 8 2017 // Thousands of property owners in one Florida County will be in newly created flood hazard zones later this year, and that means they’ll be required to buy flood insurance for the first time. The Palm Beach Post...
Sinkhole in Florida Neighborhood Continues Growing, 2 More Homes Condemned
Aug 7 2017 // Officials in Florida said Saturday a sinkhole that swallowed two homes last month is growing. Pasco County officials during a news conference that a large chunk of the hole’s edge has collapsed. Two more homes in...
Surplus Lines Insurance Premium Up Nationwide
Aug 7 2017 // A mid-year compilation of excess and surplus (E&S) insurance premium amounts by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) shows a 6.6 percent increase in premium nationally compared with the same period last...
Insurers Respond to Rising Claims Abuse
Aug 7 2017 // Whenever severe weather strikes and there is property damage, insurers are among the first responders to help throughout the recovery process. However, in too many cases, some shady contractors, public adjusters and...
Court: Insurer Off the Hook for $500K Settlement to Florida Spa Guest
Aug 7 2017 // A federal appeals court ruled that Evanston Insurance Co. doesn’t owe a $500,000 settlement that a Florida spa owner agreed to pay to a woman who suffered a stroke during a massage. The decision, issued in an...
Florida CFO: Consumer Helpline Recovered $16.6M During First Half of 2017
Aug 7 2017 // Assistance provided by insurance experts working Florida’s Insurance Consumer Helpline led to the recovery of more than $16.6 million during the first half of 2017, according to a statement by Chief Financial Officer...
Youth Activist Urges Industry to Step Up Fight Against Climate Change
Aug 7 2017 // Seventeen-year-old climate activist Delaney Reynolds has a message for the insurance industry on the topic of climate change: It’s time to step up and take action against this global crisis. “Your future...
People – Southeast
Aug 7 2017 // Maximum, an independent, Chicago-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has added Anthony Searcy to its transportation practice in the Jacksonville, Fla., area. Searcy returns to Florida from the Kansas City area where...
Former Florida Senator McKay Appointed to Citizens Board of Governors
Aug 4 2017 // Former Florida State Senator John M. McKay has been appointed to the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Governors by Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, according to an announcement from the Florida...
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Appoints New Chief of Staff, Deputy Commissioners
Aug 3 2017 // Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has appointed Michael Yaworsky as the new chief of staff for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), replacing former Chief of Staff Belinda Miller, who retired at...
Tropical Storm Emily Weakens to Depression After Deluging Florida
Aug 2 2017 // Tropical Depression Emily is rumbling further out into the Atlantic, a day after slogging across the Florida peninsula. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says remnants of the brief-lived tropical storm had maximum...
Florida Regulators Approve 50K Citizens Policies for October Takeouts
Aug 2 2017 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved the following companies to participate in the October Citizens Property Insurance Corporation take-out period. For the Oct. 17, 2017 Personal Residential Take-Out...
Tropical Storm Emily Moves Across Florida With Drenching Rains
Aug 1 2017 // Tropical Storm Emily churned ashore near Tampa Bay on Monday, starting a trek across the peninsula amid drenching rains and fears of scattered street flooding that prompted the governor to declare nearly half of...
Honda Says Florida Crash Death May be Linked to Takata Air Bag Inflator
Jul 31 2017 // Honda Motor Co said on Thursday that a Takata airbag inflator ruptured in car crash in Florida, in what could be the 19th death worldwide linked to faulty airbags recalled as part of the largest automotive safety campaign...
