Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida Facing $300M Fine Over Health Insurance for Part-Time Employees
Jan 18 2013 // It turns out that the state of Florida has yet another major decision to make in the next few months when it comes to the federal healthcare overhaul. The state may be forced to make sweeping changes to its health...
Florida Looks to Restructure Its Hurricane Fund; Federal Option Proposed
Jan 18 2013 // Florida lawmakers are poised to consider restructuring the state-run property reinsurance facility by possibly lowering its mandatory annual capacity by billions due to concerns that one major storm could exhaust its...
2 Florida Moms Sentenced for Staged Accident Insurance Fraud
Jan 16 2013 // Two South Florida mothers have been sentenced to prison for their roles in staging car accidents to commit fraud on insurers. Federal prosecutors said that 42-year-old Ana Ovando of West Palm Beach was sentenced to more...
Florida Regulators Seek to Distribute $25 Million in AIG Assets
Jan 14 2013 // Florida regulators are looking to return to residents some $25 million in unclaimed property that has been returned to the state as part of a settlement agreement with American International Group over life insurance...
2013 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 14 2013 // JANUARY P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org 2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa,...
Business Moves – Southeast
Jan 14 2013 // Markel, Alterra Specialty insurer Markel Corp. agreed to acquire Alterra Capital Holdings Ltd. for $3.1 billion in cash and stock to increase its diversification and expand into reinsurance. The transaction is expected to...
Florida Drivers Can Challenge Presumption of Fault
Jan 14 2013 // Florida’s high court has ruled that drivers that cause an automobile accident by striking another car from behind can still sue the other driver for damages depending on the circumstances of the accident and the...
Florida Restricts Eligibility for Citizens’ HO-8 Policies
Jan 14 2013 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer and state regulators have cleared the path for the insurer to begin issuing a new HO-8 policy by limiting it to low-value older homes, addressing concerns that the...
Confie Eyes More Expansion, Push Into Standard Lines
Jan 10 2013 // In the coming year Confie Seguros plans to up its buying spree and expand into standard personal and small commercial lines, while broadening its demographic from being primarily Hispanic focused, the president of the...
Florida Doctors Dispute Workers’ Compensation Drug Cost Claim
Jan 10 2013 // Florida doctors are disputing a state report saying drugs dispensed by physicians directly to patients are raising workers’ compensation rates. The Florida Medical Association said in a statement issued that doctors...
Atlantic Specialty Lines Announces New Office in South Florida
Jan 9 2013 // Miramar, FL, 01/08/13 – Atlantic Specialty Lines announces the opening of their newest office located in South Florida. The office in Miramar will be led by Nancy Riveron and Marianne Correa. ASL is looking to better...
Florida Hospital Group to Offer Health Insurance to Patients
Jan 8 2013 // The Florida Hospital group has announced it will begin offering patients health insurance starting in January 2014. The Daytona-based Florida Hospital, which has five hospitals in the state, is part of the Adventist Health...
Florida’s Citizens, Regulators Agree to Restrict Eligibility for New HO-8 Policies
Jan 4 2013 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer and state regulators have cleared the path for the insurer to begin issuing a new HO-8 policy by limiting it to low-value older homes, addressing concerns that the...
Confie Seguros Buys 3 More Florida Brokerages
Jan 3 2013 // Hispanic market-focused insurance agency network Confie Seguros said it has acquired three insurance brokerages in Florida that will strengthen the company’s operations in that state. Confie Seguros completed the...
Even Without Big Storms, Florida Property Insurance Costs Rise
Jan 3 2013 // Marco Tarafa was stunned to find that his homeowners’ policy is increasing by nearly $1,000 a year —all because inspectors couldn’t get into his attic, where there was no crawl space and about 24 inches of...
Florida Court Allows Drivers to Rebut Presumption of Fault in Rear-End Crashes
Dec 28 2012 // Florida’s high court has ruled that drivers that cause an automobile accident by striking another car from behind can still sue the other driver for damages depending on the circumstances of the accident and the...
Florida Court Bans Private Doctor-Lawyer Meetings in Malpractice Cases
Dec 27 2012 // Malpractice defendants must not try to circumvent a Florida law that bars them from obtaining confidential medical information about plaintiffs from other doctors or dentists who are treating them, the state Supreme Court...
Florida’s Citizens Balks at Issuing HO-8 Policy
Dec 19 2012 // Florida’s quasi-governmental property insurer is resisting a statutory requirement that it start issuing an HO-8 policy due to a disagreement with regulators over rates and concerns that the policy’s reduced...
Brown & Brown Acquires Behnke & Associates in South Florida
Dec 18 2012 // Florida-based national insurance brokerage Brown & Brown Inc. announced this month asset acquisitions of Behnke & Associates Inc., an independent insurance agency located in South Florida. Founded in 1995, Behnke...
Praetorian Offers to Lower Florida Forced-Placement Rates by 18.8%
Dec 18 2012 // A forced placement mortgage property insurer providing coverage in Florida has offered to lower its rates by an average of 18.8 percent, despite the fact that state regulators said the rate decrease should be double that...
