Latest Florida Headlines
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12 Horses Killed by Fire at Florida Equestrian Center
Mar 18 2016 // An electrical malfunction started a barn fire that killed 12 horses and injured 11 at an equestrian complex in suburban Palm Beach, Florida, investigators said Wednesday. Palm Beach County fire investigators concluded the...
Burns & Wilcox Opens New Office in Orlando, Siegel to Lead
Mar 18 2016 // Burns & Wilcox has opened a new office in Orlando, Fla., extending the company’s footprint to three locations in Florida, which also include Daytona Beach and Tampa. Burns & Wilcox has operated in Florida for...
Florida’s Citizens Pushes Policy Changes to Address Rising Water Loss Claims
Mar 17 2016 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s board of governors has approved a slate of recommendations aimed at reducing the impact of what it calls skyrocketing water-loss claims that could reverse progress made in...
Socius Insurance Services Adds Mittelmark to Florida Office
Mar 16 2016 // Socius Insurance Services, Inc., a management liability and property/casualty insurance wholesaler, has hired Dan Mittelmark to join its management and professional liability practice as assistant vice president. Dan will...
Pollution, Drought, El Niño Leading to Collapse of Florida’s Coastal Environments
Mar 15 2016 // Central Florida’s Indian River Lagoon, North Florida’s Apalachicola Bay and a trio of coastal estuaries in South Florida are in the throes of ecosystem collapses that threaten sea grass, fisheries, recreation...
Florida Hotel Chain Reports Potential Customer Data Breach
Mar 11 2016 // An Orlando-based hotel chain is reporting that some of its guests’ credit card information may have been breached. Rosen Hotels & Resorts Inc. said on its website that malware was installed on its payment card...
With Florida Ridesharing Reform Going Nowhere, Hillsborough Is Back to Ticketing Drivers
Mar 10 2016 // After a six-month reprieve, the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission – the agency that regulates taxicabs and limousines in Florida’s fourth-largest county, which includes the City of Tampa –...
Florida Battle Over Law Limiting Doctors’ Gun Speech Rages On
Mar 10 2016 // As a pediatrician, Dr. Judith Schaechter can ask parents of her patients all sorts of questions regarding their safety and well-being: what the child eats, whether there’s a backyard pool and whether the child gets...
Florida’s Rosier Insurance Hosts Training for Grads of Disabled Veterans Career Program
Mar 9 2016 // Florida-based Rosier Insurance has collaborated with Disabled Veterans Insurance Careers (DVIC) to provide on the job training for its most recent class of disabled veterans. The recent DVIC class trained at the Rosier...
Florida Passes Expanded Medical Marijuana Legislation, Bill Heads to Governor
Mar 9 2016 // Florida’s contentious medical marijuana legislation is headed to Gov. Rick Scott. After 21/2 hours of debate on Monday, the Senate approved a House version of a bill (HB 307) that would expand the so-called...
Florida Assignment of Benefits, Ridesharing Bills Approaching Dead End
Mar 8 2016 // It’s looking like Florida lawmakers will not provide resolution for two controversial issues currently facing the Florida insurance industry, this year at least. With just three days left in the 2016 Florida Session,...
Florida High Court Rules Artist Can Sue UPS Over Lost Paintings
Mar 8 2016 // The Florida Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that an artist can sue UPS in state court over two paintings removed from their shipping tube while in transit and sold by the company UPS contracts to handle its...
Fraud Report
Mar 7 2016 // Florida’s Citizens Launches Campaign to Combat Abuse Claims Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has launched a multi-faceted education campaign in an attempt to combat what it has called a disturbing increase of fraud...
Aetna Acquisition of Louisville-Based Humana Gets OK from Kentucky, Florida Regulators
Mar 7 2016 // Louisville, Ky.-based Humana has been approved for takeover by Aetna by Kentucky regulators, according to a statement from the Kentucky Department of Insurance Commissioner Brian Maynard. The order approving the request...
People – Southeast
Mar 7 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has expanded its nationwide Private Risk Management (PRM) practice with the hiring of Carol Wiek as vice president, private...
Report: Frequency of Florida Water Loss Claims Up 46% in 5-Year Period
Mar 7 2016 // The frequency and severity of water loss claims in Florida have increased every year since 2010, according to data call results from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). During the same period, there has been...
10 Things to Know About Luxury Auto
Mar 7 2016 // James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5 made its big screen appearance 52 years ago in “Goldfinger.” The car sported concealed Browning machine guns, tactical oil slicks, ejector seats and a 5-speed, 4.0 L engine...
Ridesharing Companies Get 2 More Months to Operate in Florida County
Mar 6 2016 // The Commission in Palm Beach County, Florida, has voted to allow ridesharing services Uber and Lyft to keep operating for the next two months. The Sun Sentinel reports that the commission voted March 1 to extend a...
Trump Files Suit Against Florida Golf Course Neighbors Over Trees
Mar 6 2016 // Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is suing eight residents whose properties back up to his South Florida golf course, alleging they are cutting down trees he planted to make the course more private for...
Florida Trucking Association Partners With CargoNet to Address State Cargo Theft
Mar 4 2016 // Verisk Analytics, a data analytics provider, has formed an alliance between its CargoNet business and the Florida Trucking Association (FTA) to help members reduce cargo theft risk and lobby for stricter penalties and more...
