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Public Adjusters Decry Florida Citizens’ New Plan That Keeps Their Names Off Checks
Jun 23 2025 // In the long conflict between insurance carriers and public claims adjusters, Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has unexpectedly altered the rules of engagement in a way that could have a big impact on some...
Florida’s Evolving Bad-Faith Landscape: What Claims and Insurance Pros Need to Know
Jun 19 2025 // Bad faith litigation has long posed both legal and reputational risks for insurers operating in Florida. With the enactment in 2023 of House Bill 837—a sweeping tort-reform measure—there are important changes to how...
Florida Property Insurance Premiums Surge 34% Since Late 2022
Jun 17 2025 // Newly posted data from Florida regulators show that, in the last three years, the number of personal property insurance policies in the state has risen only slightly while direct premium written and average premiums have...
End to Florida Agents’ ‘Diligent Effort’ Rule on Surplus Lines Takes Effect July 1
Jun 16 2025 // Florida’s governor has signed House Bill 1549 into law, eliminating the requirement that insurance agents make a “diligent effort” to find coverage before placing properties with a surplus lines...
Size of Florida’s Slide Insurance Executive Compensation Has Tongues Wagging, Eyes Popping
Jun 16 2025 // When Tampa-based Slide Insurance registered for an initial public stock offering in May, one page of the filing quickly had people talking in the Florida insurance industry. On page 132 of the filing with the U.S....
After Years of Losses, Florida Insurers Saw Underwriting Profits in 2024, AM Best Says
Jun 16 2025 // After eight years of losses, Florida’s personal property insurance market reported an underwriting profit and a considerable jump in operating income in 2024, the AM Best rating and analytics firm said in a report...
Florida Commission Accepts First Hurricane Models Under New Standards
Jun 12 2025 // The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology has accepted new loss models from Karen Clark & Co. and Cotality, the first to meet the commission’s latest standards. KCC’s Version 5.0...
Florida-Based Regional Carrier Silver Airways Shutting Down Operations
Jun 12 2025 // Regional carrier Silver Airways announced Wednesday it is shutting down operations after a failed attempt at restructuring through bankruptcy, leaving some passengers stranded at airports in Florida, the Bahamas and the...
Uber Alleges Insurance Fraud Scheme in Florida as It Goes on Legal Offensive
Jun 11 2025 // Uber Technologies Inc. sued a group of lawyers, medical providers and rideshare drivers it claims staged car accidents, manufactured damages and received unnecessary medical procedures to take advantage of insurance...
Florida Appeals Court Says Plaintiff Can’t Harp on Adjusting Delays in Claims Dispute
Jun 11 2025 // Some Florida policyholders and their attorneys have long complained about real or perceived delays in the claims-handling process after a loss. A Florida appeals court ruled last week that telling a jury about those delays...
After $66M Florida Boat Crash Award, Judge Says TPA Can’t Halt Claims Adjustments
Jun 6 2025 // South Florida residents will likely remember Aaron Hirschhorn, the successful Miami entrepreneur who launched a dog-sitting service then won a big investment for a stem-cell therapy for dogs when he appeared on the...
Misdemeanor Charges Filed in Wakeboarding Girl’s Death in South Florida
Jun 4 2025 // Misdemeanor charges have filed against the man who was operating the boat that fatally struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach last year, as well as the man who was operating the boat she had been wakeboarding...
Colossal Cloud of Sahara Dust en Route to Texas, Florida
Jun 4 2025 // A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States. The cloud extended some 2,000 miles (3,200...
Will DeSantis Sign Bill Allowing Longer Noncompete Agreements in Florida?
Jun 4 2025 // While federal agencies and some states have moved to rein in the reach of noncompete agreements, a Florida bill awaiting the governor’s signature would go in the opposite direction, significantly lengthening the...
People: FAIA Names Head of Professional Development; Madison Leads MJ in Tennessee
Jun 3 2025 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents, the largest agent organization in the state, has named Greg Thomas director of professional development. Thomas Thomas was previously director of insurance agent and agency...
Size of Florida’s Slide Insurance Exec Compensation Has Tongues Wagging
Jun 2 2025 // When Tampa-based Slide Insurance registered for an initial public stock offering last week, one page of the filing quickly had people talking in the Florida insurance industry. On page 132 of the filing with the U.S....
After Years of Losses, Florida Insurers Saw Underwriting Profits in 2024, AM Best Says
May 30 2025 // After eight years of losses, Florida’s personal property insurance market reported an underwriting profit and a considerable jump in operating income in 2024, the AM Best rating and analytics firm said in a report...
Emergency Management Director for Florida Keys Braces for Hurricane Season
May 29 2025 // No place is more vulnerable to hurricanes in the 50 U.S. states than the Florida Keys. The chain of islands celebrated by singer Jimmy Buffett in his odes to tropical escapism is surrounded by water, jutting out 120 miles...
Memorial Day Boat Explosion Sends 11 to the Hospital in Florida
May 28 2025 // A fiery boat explosion near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Memorial Day sent 11 people to the hospital, many suffering from burns, officials said Tuesday. The 39-foot (12-meter) Sea Ray boat had 15 people on board when the...
Immigration Crackdown Unnerves Once-Protected Cuban Exiles in Florida
May 28 2025 // Immigration officials said Tomás Hernández worked in high-level posts for Cuba’s foreign intelligence agency for decades before migrating to the United States to pursue the American dream. The 71-year-old was...
