Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Instructor at Walt Disney World Race Car Attraction Killed on Track
Apr 14 2015 // For fans of speed, the Exotic Driving Experience at Walt Disney World offers a heart-pounding thrill. People who drive minivans during the week can settle in behind the wheel of a Ferrari, a Porsche or another one of the...
Texas, Louisiana Improve Building Code Rankings; More Work Needed
Apr 14 2015 // Source: Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA Texas doesn’t have the worst score in a recent ranking of state building code systems but it’s pretty close to the bottom, according to a national organization committed to...
Honda Confirms Airbag Injured Florida Driver
Apr 14 2015 // Honda Motor Co. Ltd.’s American unit on Monday confirmed that a faulty airbag inflator made by Takata Corp. ruptured in a March 20 crash of a car in Florida, injuring the driver. A Honda vehicle’s airbag...
Florida Insurance Agent Found Guilty of Racketeering, Money Laundering
Apr 14 2015 // A jury has found Cantonment, Fla., insurance agent Randall Petersen guilty of racketeering and money laundering. An investigation by the Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud revealed that...
Nonstandard Auto Insurance Market Is Not For Everybody
Apr 13 2015 // The nonstandard auto market is not for every carrier or agency. Since 2007, carriers writing nonstandard auto policies have reported deteriorating operating performance and many have struggled to maintain market share. But...
Feds Charge 42 in Florida With $21M in Identity Theft Fraud Losses
Apr 13 2015 // Federal investigators say 42 people in South Florida have been charged with identity theft and fraud that involved intended losses of $21 million. Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said Thursday the suspects were indicted...
Florida Senate Passes ‘Waldo Bill’ Banning Traffic Ticket Quotas
Apr 10 2015 // Traffic ticket quotas for law enforcement agencies would be illegal under a bill passed by the Florida Senate. The so-called “Waldo Bill” (SB 264) passed unanimously with no debate Wednesday. It must still pass...
Patriot National Acquires Hospitality Supportive Systems in Pennsylvania
Apr 9 2015 // Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based workers’ compensation services provider Patriot National Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Hospitality Supportive Systems (HSS), a Springfield, Pennsylvania-based...
Florida Office of Insurance Approves Removal of 45,500 Policies from Citizens
Apr 9 2015 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved the removal of up to 45,000 personal residential policies and 500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. by the following two...
Florida Bill Allowing Electronic Insurance Documents Sent to Governor
Apr 8 2015 // Florida may soon be the 28th state to adopt legislation that enables insurers to conduct all policyholder transactions over the internet. The State Legislature has passed House Bill 273, which allows policyholders to...
Four Arrested for Involvement in Florida PIP Fraud Scam
Apr 8 2015 // Four individuals have been arrested in Broward County, Fla. for their involvement in a PIP (personal injury protection) scam, according to a statement by the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of...
Florida Van Crash Revives Concern About Safety of Vehicles
Apr 7 2015 // Federal transportation officials are investigating a crash that killed eight members of a Florida church who were riding in a type of van that has raised safety alarms for many years. It’s unknown what caused the...
Florida’s Citizens Now Accepting Alternative Mobile Home Valuation Tools
Apr 6 2015 // In response to concerns from mobile homeowners, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is now accepting alternative valuation methods from policyholders to ensure their mobile and manufactured homes are properly covered. On...
People – Southeast
Apr 6 2015 // OneBeacon Technology Insurance Group has appointed Nathan Martin as vice president overseeing the South region. John Wurzler, OneBeacon Technology president, said Martin will work on continuing to building the...
Citizens: Florida Policyholder Count Lowest Since Company Creation
Apr 6 2015 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is the smallest it has been since its creation more than a decade ago, as improving private-market conditions continue to offer policyholders more choices for how best to protect their...
Patriot National Acquires Florida-based TriGen Insurance Solutions
Apr 2 2015 // Patriot National, Inc. has acquired TriGen Insurance Solutions, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Boca Raton, Fla., with offices in Orlando and Atlanta. The total purchase price, assuming all earn-out criteria are...
Florida Foreclosure Rate Declines 35 Percent, Still Among Highest in Nation
Mar 31 2015 // Florida’s foreclosure activity has declined by more than a third from a year ago, but it still ranks as one of the highest in the nation. The research firm Realty Trac reported that Florida has one out of 570 homes...
Personal Insurance Federation of Florida Releases TNC Legislation Guidelines
Mar 27 2015 // Transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft represent a promising technology that can serve consumers well in the future, but Florida legislators should clarify the insurance requirements for these services in...
Florida Cat Fund Cleared to Buy $2.2B of Reinsurance
Mar 27 2015 // In what counts as excellent news both for Florida taxpayers and the private insurance market, Gov. Rick Scott and the State Board of Administration have approved a request from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to...
Main Street America Appoints Cox to Lead New Florida Region
Mar 27 2015 // The Main Street America Group has appointed Chris Cox as president of the carrier’s newly created Florida Region. Main Street America’s primary brand in Florida is Old Dominion Insurance Co. Florida has become...
