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5th Person Dies From Injuries Caused by Florida Power Plant Accident
Jul 24 2017 // An accident at a Florida power plant last month has claimed a fifth life. BRACE Industrial Group said its employee, 56-year-old Armando Perez, died Thursday of injuries he sustained in the June 29 accident at the Tampa...
Report: The Southeast’s Storm Surge Risk and Florida’s Hurricane Wake-Up Call
Jul 24 2017 // The Southeast has seen its fair share of natural disasters and flooding in the last several years, including two hurricanes in Florida last year – the first hurricanes to hit the state in more than a decade. But none...
Arkansas Welcomes New Private Flood Insurer
Jul 24 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has granted a Certificate of Authority to Florida-based Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company (HCPC) to offer private flood insurance in...
Study: Reforms Targeting Physician-Dispensed Drugs Have Mixed Results
Jul 24 2017 // A new study has found that state reforms to control the costs of prescription drugs by targeting reimbursements for physicians dispensing them are having some effect but that physician-dispensing still accounts for a large...
Milliman: Florida, Louisiana and Texas Would Benefit from Private Flood Insurance
Jul 24 2017 // The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) expires on Sept. 30 and Congress is currently considering legislation to reauthorize and reform the government-backed program through which the majority of U.S. property owners...
Additional Homes at Risk as Florida Sinkhole Widens
Jul 21 2017 // Florida sinkhole that swallowed two homes last week isn’t getting any deeper, but it’s getting wider, officials said Wednesday –and one resident who’s back home after being evacuated is vowing to stay...
O.J. Simpson Faces $58 Million Wrongful Death Damages After Release from Jail
Jul 21 2017 // O.J. Simpson will walk out of prison in October after nine years behind bars, but he is far from free of his financial woes. The 70-year-old football star, who won his release from a Nevada parole board on Thursday after...
Cleanup Begins for Florida Neighborhood Hit by Sinkhole
Jul 19 2017 // In this aerial photo, debris is strewn about after a sinkhole damaged two homes in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017. A sinkhole that started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow has...
Florida Insurers Place All Options on Table to Address AOB Abuse
Jul 19 2017 // Florida’s home insurers hope the public doesn’t blame them as they implement rate increases, initiate coverage changes and nonrenew policies. They say they have no choice after the Florida Legislature for the...
Sinkhole Swallows 2 Houses in Florida
Jul 17 2017 // In this aerial photo, debris is strewn about after a sinkhole damaged two homes in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. on Friday, July 14, 2017. The sinkhole started out the size of a small swimming pool and continued to grow,...
Florida County Bans Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Through 2017
Jul 14 2017 // Medicinal marijuana dispensaries will be banned from Collier County, Florida, until at least the end of the year. Commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday to keep the dispensaries from opening in Collier until Dec. 31 to give...
Florida-Based Centauri Insurance Hires Gaul as Assistant VP of Claims
Jul 14 2017 // Centauri Insurance has hired Cindy Gaul as assistant vice president of Claims. Gaul will be responsible for contributing to the company’s focus on customer service orientation, accuracy, innovation and oversight in...
New Flood Insurance Company Approved in Arkansas
Jul 13 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has granted a Certificate of Authority to Florida-based Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company (HCPC) to offer private flood insurance in Arkansas. In a press...
3 Killed in Florida Power Plant Accident
Jul 13 2017 // A third man died from injuries suffered in a Florida power plant accident that happened when molten material poured onto workers as they tried to unplug a blocked tank. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s officials told...
States See Mixed Results from Reforms Targeting Physician-Dispensed Drugs: WCRI
Jul 12 2017 // A new study has found that state reforms to control the costs of prescription drugs by targeting reimbursements for physicians dispensing them are having some effect but that physician-dispensing still accounts for a large...
EEOC Sues Florida Strip Club for Refusing to Hire Male Bartender
Jul 12 2017 // A Florida strip club accused of hiring only women bartenders and refusing to hire a man is facing a federal lawsuit. A lawsuit filed June 28 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says Sammy’s...
Alabama, Mississippi, Florida Declared Drought Free
Jul 12 2017 // Alabama and Mississippi are completely free from drought for the first time in more than a year. A federal assessment released at the end of June showed rains eliminated a dry spell that began in April 2016, the last time...
Report: The Southeast’s Storm Surge Risk and Florida’s Hurricane Wake-Up Call
Jul 11 2017 // The Southeast has seen its fair share of natural disasters and flooding in the last several years, including two hurricanes in Florida last year – the first hurricanes to hit the state in more than a decade. But none of...
Florida Police Rescind Determination of Fault in Venus Williams Crash
Jul 10 2017 // Tennis star Venus Williams legally entered an intersection but was cut off by another car, setting off a chain of events that seconds later resulted in a fatal crash with a third car, police say video released Friday...
Court: Insurer Off the Hook for $500K Settlement to Florida Spa Guest
Jul 10 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 last month in...
