Latest Florida Headlines
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What Happens When Golf Carts Hit the Streets
Nov 10 2016 // At retirement communities from California to Florida, golf carts have become a way of life. They’re energy-efficient, cheaper to buy and maintain than regular cars, and, seniors say, fun to drive. For many,...
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Challenge to Florida Workers’ Comp System
Nov 10 2016 // The United States Supreme Court has refused to review a Florida case challenging the state’s entire workers’ compensation system, which could be seen as the state’s only reprieve on workers’ comp...
Florida Plastic Recycler to Pay $424K in Back Wages to Workers
Nov 9 2016 // The U.S. Department of Labor says a Florida plastic recycler will pay $424,537 in back wages to 195 employees for violating overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. In a news release issued...
MarketScout Taps Rice to Lead Expansion of High Net Worth Practice in Florida
Nov 8 2016 // MarketScout has expanded its specialty high net worth practice in Tampa, Fla., with the addition of Craig Rice as the newest production broker for the Private Client Solutions division. In his new role with MarketScout,...
People – Southeast
Nov 7 2016 // Brightway, Riverside has added Adam Plante to its Jacksonville, Fla., location. Plante has experience in contracts and sales and earned his law degree from State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law and a...
Florida Police Union Says Officers With Zika Entitled to Workers’ Comp
Nov 4 2016 // Police union officials want Florida lawmakers to extend workers’ compensation to first responders with Zika. Florida Fraternal Order of Police President Bobby Jenkins said Tuesday that emergency responders should be...
Company Behind Giant Florida Sinkhole Hopes it Will be Plugged by Spring
Nov 1 2016 // A massive sinkhole at a fertilizer plant should be plugged by spring, months after contaminated water and waste began flowing into Florida’s main drinking water aquifer, the company said Friday. In an email to The...
Florida-Based Fortegra Taps Rattner as EVP, Chief Underwriter
Oct 28 2016 // Fortegra, a specialty insurer based in Jacksonville, Fla., and a subsidiary of Tiptree Financial Inc., has appointed Mark Rattner as executive vice president, chief underwriter, and head of product management. In this...
FEMA Extends Filing Deadline for Florida NFIP Claims from Hurricane Hermine
Oct 27 2016 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended the deadline for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders to file claims from Hurricane Hermine. “After productive discussions between...
Clean-Up Deal Reached for Florida Sinkhole that Contaminated Water
Oct 27 2016 // Florida officials have reached a deal with the company responsible for a large sinkhole that resulted in millions of gallons of contaminated water pouring into a drinking water aquifer. The Florida Department of...
Report: Tennessee Man Dies After Riding Disney’s Star Tours in Florida
Oct 26 2016 // Authorities say a 67-year-old Tennessee tourist died after riding Star Tours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The September death of the Memphis, Tennessee, man was recorded in a list of serious ride-related injuries...
Questions Linger Over Trump’s $17M Insurance Payout in 2005 for Florida Club
Oct 26 2016 // Donald Trump says he received a $17 million insurance payment in 2005 for hurricane damage to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach. But The Associated Press has found little evidence of such large-scale damage. Two...
Florida Man Arrested Over Doughnut Glaze Mistaken for Meth Files Lawsuit
Oct 24 2016 // A Florida man arrested last year after police mistook doughnut glaze in his car for meth is suing the city of Orlando and a drug-testing kit company. The Orlando Sentinel reports Daniel Rushing filed a lawsuit last week,...
People – Southeast
Oct 24 2016 // The National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) elected Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Deputy Commissioner Gary West as secretary-treasurer during its annual membership meeting in July....
It’s Official: Florida Workers’ Comp Rates Going Up Nearly 15%
Oct 24 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) for an overall combined statewide average rate increase of 14.5 percent....
Florida Hurricane Fund Still Strong Despite Storms
Oct 20 2016 // Florida’s streak of dodging hurricanes is over, but the state-created fund that helps private insurers pay out claims after a storm remains in strong financial shape. Anne Bert, the chief operating officer of the...
CBIZ Insurance Services Adds 3 New Staff to Sarasota, Florida Office
Oct 19 2016 // CBIZ has added three professionals to lead the new CBIZ Insurance Services, Inc. practice in Sarasota, Fla. Keith Mercier joins CBIZ as president of CBIZ Insurance Services, Florida, West Coast. In his new role with CBIZ,...
CNA Appoints Kaas to Senior Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Zone Officer
Oct 17 2016 // CNA has appointed John Kaas to senior vice president and Mid-Atlantic zone officer. In this role, Kaas will be responsible for advancing the strategic direction of the territory, which includes CNA’s branches in...
Setback in Zika Fight: Virus Found in New Miami Neighborhood
Oct 17 2016 // Health officials announced Thursday a new Zika zone in Miami – a setback less than a month after declaring the nearby Wynwood neighborhood cleared of the virus following aggressive mosquito spraying. Five people have...
Hurricane Matthew May Be Gone, But Insurance Industry’s Work is Just Starting
Oct 14 2016 // It’s been nearly a week since Hurricane Matthew ravaged the Southeast coast but the insurance industry’s job of responding to the devastation and assessing the total cost of damage from the storm is just...
