Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida’s Citizens Cancels Surplus Loan Plan; CEO Questions Depopulation Methods
Dec 14 2012 // Officials of Florida’s policyholder-back insurer have decided not to pursue a plan to loan private insurers part of its surplus in exchange for removing policies citing the fact that as currently envisioned no...
Judge Denies Some Medical Providers’ Plea to Block Florida PIP Law
Dec 13 2012 // A federal court judge has denied a motion brought forward by some medical providers who claimed that Florida’s new no-fault auto law unfairly prevented them from making a living, on the basis it is unlikely they will...
Florida Cabinet Approves PIP Benefit Rule Sought by Insurers
Dec 13 2012 // Florida officials have approved an emergency rule that will allow auto insurers providing no-fault coverage to use a form informing accident victims of their benefits under the state’s revised personal injury...
Florida’s Ex-Republican Governor Crist Eyes Return as Democrat
Dec 10 2012 // Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state’s chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent, has announced that he’s switching to the...
Florida Regulator Conducting Review of Citizens Insurance
Dec 7 2012 // Florida regulators are working on a report that is expected to layout the financial status, claims handling and other administrative workings of the state’s 1.4 million policyholder-backed property insurer. Florida...
Florida Lawmakers Ponder More Pricing Freedom for Property Insurer Citizens
Dec 6 2012 // Some Florida legislators said this week they would consider giving the state’s largest property insurer more control over its rates, including allowing the company to raise rates to bolster its ability to pay...
Florida Extends ‘Fast Track’ Policy Form Approval
Dec 4 2012 // Florida insurance regulators are extending a process that fast tracks approval of insurance company forms. The Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) says the extension until June 2013 is necessary due to limited resources...
Florida Judge Invalidates Windstorm Credit Forms; Regulator Appeals
Dec 3 2012 // A Florida administrative law judge has ruled that some forms used by insurers to determine a homeowner’s windstorm premium credits are invalid because they don’t take into account measures taken to protect...
Confie Seguros Buys Florida, Nevada Agencies
Dec 3 2012 // Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance focused on Hispanic consumers, has acquired four regional insurance brokerages in Florida and Nevada. Confie Seguros completed the acquisitions of...
Florida Prison Guard Charged with $2.7 Million Workers’ Comp Fraud
Dec 3 2012 // A former Florida prison guard is free on bond after being charged with faking illness to fraudulently collect more than $2.7 million in workers’ compensation. Authorities said David Brownell was arrested last week in...
Florida Gov. Scott Seeks Audit of Citizens
Dec 3 2012 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott has asked Inspector General Melinda Miguel to investigate the recent firings of four Citizens Property Insurance Corp. employees responsible for keeping an eye on any internal wrongdoing at the...
Florida Court Delays Citizens’ Immunity Ruling
Dec 3 2012 // The Florida Supreme Court has put off a decision on whether Citizens Property Insurance Corp. can use its status as a state-backed entity to avoid lawsuits. The high court ruled in a 5-2 opinion that Citizens prematurely...
Hurricane Center Seeks to Improve Storm Surge Warnings
Nov 30 2012 // Friday marks the end of an Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season where the greatest devastation was caused by water rather than wind, U.S. National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb said. Accordingly, the center is...
Florida Leads States in Ticketing Speeding Drivers: Study
Nov 29 2012 // Speeding drivers are more likely to get ticketed in the Sunshine State than in any other state, according to a new study from CarInsuranceQuotes.com, an auto insurance services provider. In 2011, Florida police handed out...
Florida Commission to Decide Nuclear Plant Insurance Rate Offset
Nov 28 2012 // The state Public Service Commission is considering annual rate adjustments sought by Progress Energy Florida including a charge for power purchased to replace output from a crippled nuclear reactor. The commission will...
Florida’s Citizens Under Scrutiny for Alleged Management Misconduct, Favoritism
Nov 23 2012 // Florida officials are seeking answers after an internal investigation into the conduct of some former and current executives of the state’s largest property insurer yielded evidence of incomplete investigations into...
Florida Gov. Scott Seeks Audit of Citizens Over Firings
Nov 21 2012 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott has asked Inspector General Melinda Miguel to investigate the recent firings of four Citizens Property Insurance Corp. employees responsible for keeping an eye on any internal wrongdoing at the...
Florida OKs Allstate’s Castle Key Rate Increases
Nov 21 2012 // Florida regulators have approved a statewide average rate increase of 14.9 percent for Allstate ‘s Florida unit, Castle Key Insurance Co. The change will apply to Castle Key’s existing homeowners, renters and...
Florida Supreme Court Rules in 2 Sovereign Immunity Cases
Nov 19 2012 // The Florida Supreme Court last week put off a decision on whether Citizens Property Insurance Corp. can use its status as a state-backed entity to avoid lawsuits accusing it of bad faith in responding to claims. The...
Florida Gov. Scott Seeks Meeting on Health Exchange
Nov 19 2012 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott told federal health officials in a letter Friday that he isn’t convinced a state health exchange will lower health care costs for Floridians, and that he’s worried the actual costs could...
