Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida’s Homeowners Choice Secures Nearly $1B in Reinsurance
Aug 8 2016 // Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Co. Inc., a Florida-based provider of homeowners insurance, has completed its reinsurance program for the 2016-17 reinsurance year, which runs from June 1, 2016, through...
14 States Process $12.7B in Surplus Lines Premium in First Half 2016
Aug 3 2016 // Data from the 14 U.S. surplus lines service/stamping offices show they have processed almost $12.7 billion in insurance premium filings in the first half of 2016, according to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas...
AmWINS Completes Acquisition of Private Client Group in Florida
Aug 3 2016 // Special insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. said it has completed its acquisition of the acquisition of Private Client Insurance Group, a Palm Beach Gardens, Florida-based wholesale broker specializing in personal lines...
Greenlight Re Seeks Recovery in Mortgage Market After Construction, Vehicle, Florida Losses
Aug 3 2016 // David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital Re Ltd., the reinsurer seeking to reverse underwriting losses, is pushing into the mortgage-guaranty market after being burned by fraudulent claims on property policies in...
Congress Urged to Interrupt Recess to Act on Zika Funding
Aug 3 2016 // Federal health officials, scrambling to fund efforts to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the United States, said on Tuesday they have provided more stopgap money to various locales while calls grew for Congress to...
Florida Approves September, October Take-Outs of More Than 40K Citizens Policies
Aug 3 2016 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved a total of 40,650 personal lines, commercial lines, and coastal account policies from the following companies to participate in the September and October...
Lockton Taps Florida-Based Schmitz to Lead Expansion of Aviation Practice
Aug 3 2016 // Lockton has named Peter Schmitz senior vice president and Aviation Practice leader as part of a significant long-term investment in its aviation risk management operations. Lockton, a global, privately held, independent...
Florida Calls on Feds for Help as Number of Zika Cases Jumps to 14
Aug 2 2016 // The state of Florida has identified 10 more cases of Zika virus caused by local mosquitoes and has asked the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to send in experts to help with its investigation of the...
Two Florida Mosque Fires in 10 Days Under Investigation
Aug 1 2016 // Investigators are looking for answers after fire broke out at a Florida mosque for the second time in 10 days. Federal and local officials are investigating the July 27 blaze at the Islamic Education Center in...
Judge: Gawker Founder Can’t Halt Hulk Hogan From Enforcing Verdict
Aug 1 2016 // Gawker Media founder Nick Denton lost his latest bid to halt enforcement of the $140 million verdict won by Hulk Hogan in an invasion-of-privacy lawsuit, according to a court document provided by the former pro...
American Strategic Insurance Promotes Peskin in Florida
Aug 1 2016 // American Strategic Insurance (ASI), has promoted Jessica Peskin to vice president of Marketing for ASI’s Builders division in St. Petersburg, Fla. Peskin formerly served as an account executive for ASI’s...
Franklin Street in Florida Hires Sheinberg as VP of Insurance Services
Aug 1 2016 // Tampa, Fla.-based Franklin Street has hired Nancy Sheinberg as vice president of Insurance Services. With 30 years of commercial insurance experience, Sheinberg is responsible for managing all hands-on operational features...
Florida Says Zika Mosquitoes Likely in State
Jul 29 2016 // Health officials in Florida on Friday reported the first cases of local transmission of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in continental United States. The Florida department of health has concluded that the four reported...
Brokers Assess Current Construction Insurance Market: Thumbs Up
Jul 29 2016 // Amid ups and downs, the construction market has nevertheless enjoyed steady growth over the past four years. Now construction insurance specialists believe the market is really heating up. The competition has carriers...
U.S. Moves to Guard Blood Supply After Reports of Zika Virus in Florida
Jul 29 2016 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered all blood collection centers in Florida’s Miami-Dade and Broward counties to stop collecting blood as state health department officials continue to investigate four...
Florida Business Owner Accused of Stealing $1M in Workers’ Comp Scheme
Jul 29 2016 // Owner of a Fort Myers, Fla., staffing and payroll services firm was arrested in mid-July over the alleged theft of more than $1 million, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and the Department...
Acentria Insurance Expands Presence in Florida
Jul 28 2016 // Acentria Insurance has opened a new office location and acquired a new agency in Niceville, Fla. The new office in Niceville has been opened through a merged partnership with the Powell Agency, located on North Partin...
Graduate of Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers Hired to Florida Insurance Agency
Jul 27 2016 // Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (DVIC), the non-profit organization that helps train, educate and create employment opportunities within the insurance industry for disabled veterans, celebrated the graduation of Joanne...
Citizens Implements $1.8M Estimate Review Program for Florida Water Loss Claims
Jul 26 2016 // Florida’s insurer of last resort, Citizens, has expanded its efforts to curb increasing water loss claims with a new Water Mitigation Estimate Review Program. Citizens Chief Claims Officer Jay Adams said the new...
President of Florida Insurance Agency Reviving Pensacola Oyster Farms
Jul 25 2016 // Anyone driving on Scenic Highway recently between Scenic Terrace and Park Place Apartments probably spotted rows of dark-colored shapes floating in Escambia Bay and wondered, “What are those?” The dark shapes...
