Latest Florida Headlines
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14 States Process $13.1B in Surplus Lines Premium in First Half 2016
Sep 19 2016 // Data from the 14 U.S. surplus lines service/stamping offices show they have processed almost $13.1 billion in insurance premium filings in the first half of 2016, according to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas...
Suspect Confesses to Arson at Mosque Of Orlando Nightclub Shooter
Sep 16 2016 // An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online confessed to setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter occasionally attended, and said he was embarrassed by the crime, according to an arrest affidavit...
Miami Businesses Anxiously Await End to Zika Warnings
Sep 15 2016 // Business owners are anxious for federal health officials to lift a travel advisory warning pregnant women and their partners to avoid parts of Miami and South Beach that have been identified as zones of active transmission...
Florida’s Olympus Insurance Promotes Burton to EVP of Underwriting, Business Development
Sep 14 2016 // Florida homeowners’ insurer Olympus Insurance Co., a leading Florida homeowners insurer, has promoted Bradley Burton to executive vice president of Underwriting and Business Development. In his new role, Burton will...
Is No-Fault Auto Insurance to Blame for High Rates, Fraud?
Sep 13 2016 // A dozen states still use no-fault auto insurance to cover the medical expenses of crash victims. Michigan House members returned to work last week to decide whether they’ll give the state’s motorists a break on...
Brightway, Riverside Adds Plante to Agency in Jacksonville, Florida
Sep 13 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’s First Hurricane in 11 Years ‘Could Have Been a Lot Worse’ for Industry
Sep 12 2016 // A large oak tree toppled over a Whataburger restaurant in Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 2, 2016. Many businesses and homes in Tallahassee are without power and several roads are blocked due to tree damage caused by Hurricane...
Florida Warns of Insurance Email Scam Targeting Consumers
Sep 9 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) and the Department of Financial Services (DFS) are warning state insurance consumers of a scam involving the unauthorized use of Insurance Commissioner David...
Florida Takes Zika Fight to the Air, Begins Pesticide Spraying Over South Beach
Sep 8 2016 // Aerial spraying of the insecticide naled is scheduled over South Beach in Florida, where more mosquitoes have tested positive for the Zika virus. In a statement Tuesday, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said the...
Thousands in Florida Capitol Still Without Power Days After Hermine
Sep 7 2016 // The big question in Tallahassee is whether you have power, and whether you think local officials are to blame for the grinding pace of restoring electricity following Hurricane Hermine. The rising anger played on social...
Fitch: No Credit Implications for Florida State-Run Insurers From Hermine
Sep 7 2016 // Hurricane Hermine, the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida in 11 years, is not likely to have a significant impact on the financial condition of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) or Citizens’...
Florida Approves Nearly 70K Citizens Policies for November Take-Outs
Sep 7 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the following companies to participate in the November Citizens Property Insurance Corp. take-out period. The total number of policies approved is...
Family of Tennessee Man Who Died While Scuba Diving in Florida Sues Dive Shop
Sep 7 2016 // The wife of a Tennessee man who died during a scuba dive in the Florida Panhandle is suing the dive shop. The News Herald reports the lawsuit filed Aug. 30 in Panama City claims negligence against Coast Adventures LLC,...
Zika Reveals Gaps in U.S. Mosquito Control Options
Sep 6 2016 // Over Wynwood, the Miami neighborhood where Zika gained a foothold in the continental United States, low flying planes have been spraying naled, a tightly controlled pesticide often used as a last resort. It appears to be...
SpaceX Keeps Insurance Terms Secret
Sep 6 2016 // Israel’s Space Communication Ltd. said on Sunday it could seek $50 million or a free flight from Elon Musk’s SpaceX after a Spacecom communications satellite was destroyed last week by an explosion at...
People – Midwest
Sep 6 2016 // Lansing, Mich.-based AF Group announced that Mike Britt, president of Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America, will retire in December. Al Gileczek, senior vice president of business development at Accident Fund, will...
Business Moves
Sep 6 2016 // World Insurance, AIV Group World Insurance Associates has acquired AIV Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. World Insurance is an independent insurance agency headquartered in Tinton Falls, N.J., that...
People – Southeast
Sep 6 2016 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), an independent insurance brokerage firm, has appointed Steve Olson to advisor. Olson comes to BKS with over 25 years of industry experience in the Tampa Bay market. Most...
Brown & Brown in Florida Denies EEOC Allegations of Pregnancy Discrimination
Sep 6 2016 // The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed suit against national insurance brokerage firm Brown & Brown, based in Daytona Beach, Fla., over allegations it violated the Civil Rights Act by...
Florida Woman Caught Faking Injury in Attempt to Collect Workers’ Comp Payments
Sep 6 2016 // The Department of Financial Services’ Division of Investigative and Forensic Services (DIFS) announced the arrest of a Fort Lauderdale woman after she attempted to fraudulently collect workers’ compensation...
