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Florida Approves Removal of Up to 75,115 Policies from Citizens
Dec 11 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 72,534 personal residential policies and 2,581 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. The following...
Report: Southeast States Unprepared for Future Risks from Climate Change
Dec 11 2015 // Source: States at Risk Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme...
Florida’s Normandy Insurance Hires Primato as Senior Field Underwriter
Dec 10 2015 // Normandy Insurance has hired Frank Primato has been hired as senior field underwriter. In his new position, Primato will develop and service the agency distribution network in Central Florida. Primato has more than 14...
Florida High Court: Citizens Immune from First-Party Bad Faith Claims
Dec 9 2015 // In Citizens Property Ins. Corp. v. Perdido Sun Condominium Ass’n, Inc., 164 So.3d 663 (Fla. 2015), the Florida Supreme Court held that Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, a state-created entity that provided...
Citizens Approves Policy Language Changes to Tackle Water Loss Issue
Dec 9 2015 // Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors on Wednesday approved a slate of policy changes to bolster oversight of water loss claims while continuing to protect policyholders who need immediate...
Florida Issues Final Order for NCCI to Decrease Workers’ Comp Rates by 4.7%
Dec 7 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved an overall decrease of 4.7 percent in workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida. Following the disapproval of its original rate filing request, the...
Report: Southeast States Not Prepared for Future Risks from Climate Change
Dec 7 2015 // Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to...
Florida Rules Uber Drivers Not Entitled to Unemployment Benefits
Dec 6 2015 // Florida’s job agency has ruled that drivers for Uber and other app companies connecting passengers with rides are not entitled employed benefits due to laid off workers. The Orlando Sentinel reports the Florida...
Florida’s Normandy Insurance Promotes Sublet to VP of Business Development
Dec 4 2015 // Normandy Insurance has promoted Robert Sublet to vice president of Business Development. Formerly a senior field underwriter with Normandy, Sublet’s new role will focus on accelerating Normandy’s growth. During...
All Risks Acquires Florida-Based Specialty Risk Underwriters
Dec 2 2015 // All Risks, Ltd., a nationwide independent wholesaler, has acquired Specialty Risk Underwriters (SRU), a national program administrator based in St. Petersburg, Fla. Specialty Risk Underwriters has developed a variety of...
BB&T Insurance Services Promotes Pollock to Regional Leadership Position
Dec 1 2015 // John Pollock, BB&T Insurance Services Florida regional insurance president, has been promoted to a multi-state regional leadership position. According to the company, BB&T Insurance Services is experiencing...
Florida Marks 10 Years Without Major Hurricane, Sets Record
Dec 1 2015 // The state of Florida is marking a big milestone with the official end of the 2015 hurricane season – 10 years without a major hurricane making landfall in the state. The Miami Herald reports that the hurricane-free...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
Mayor of Florida County Seeks to Reduce Uber’s $3.2M in Fines
Dec 1 2015 // The mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida, wants to waive about half of the fines Uber currently owes the county. The Miami Herald reports Mayor Carlos Gimenez is pressing commissioners to take up his proposal to legalize...
Florida Counties Oppose State Fracking Proposal
Nov 29 2015 // Dozens of Florida cities and counties oppose a plan to give the state control over the oil and gas exploration process known as fracking. The Tallahassee Democrat reported on Nov. 28 that 20 counties and nearly 40 cities...
Florida Podiatrist Using Wife’s Life Insurance to Pay for Murder Defense
Nov 25 2015 // A Florida podiatrist accused of killing his estranged wife is using part of her life insurance settlement to pay for his defense. The Tallahassee Democrat reports that 48-year-old Dr. Adam Frasch pleaded not guilty to...
NORCAL Mutual to Acquire FD Insurance in Florida
Nov 25 2015 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. and FD Insurance, a medical malpractice provider for physicians and surgeons in Florida, have signed a definitive agreement for NORCAL to acquire FD Insurance. This acquisition expands...
Florida Taxi, DMV Battle over Ridesharing Insurance Issue Takes Interesting Turn
Nov 24 2015 // The Florida ridesharing lawsuit filed by two taxi companies and an individual against the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FDHSMV) is getting more contentious by the day. Two motions have been filed...
Florida City Votes to Allow Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Nov 24 2015 // Gainesville, Fla., has moved a step closer to allowing medical marijuana dispensaries to set up shop in the city. City commissioners on Nov. 5 voted to change the city’s land development code to allow dispensaries in...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Florida-Based Bentrust Insurance Group
Nov 23 2015 // Brown & Brown of Florida, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., has acquired certain assets of BenTrust, which includes Bentrust Financial, Inc. d/b/a Bentrust Insurance Group; Bentrust AIB, LLC, and Florida...
