Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida Clinic Owner and Employees Charged in PIP Case
May 4 2011 // A medical clinic owner in Florida has been arrested on charges of fraud and theft in association with bogus automobile personal injury protection claims. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced that Jean...
Florida Legislature Approves Commercial Rate Deregulation Bill
May 3 2011 // Commercial insurers in Florida will have more leeway in setting rates on a number of lines of insurance under a bill approved today by state lawmakers. The Florida legislature approved CS/HB 99 that expands the list of...
Coastal Risk Expands into Louisiana, Florida
May 3 2011 // Coastal Risk Underwriters (CRU), a subsidiary of Insight Catastrophe Group, will begin writing homeowners insurance in Louisiana and 15 counties in Florida. CRU provides insurance capacity to large national and regional...
Florida Man Gets Death Penalty for Insurance Office Murder
May 2 2011 // A Florida man has been sentenced to death for the murders of two women he doused with gasoline and set on fire during the robbery of a Nationwide Insurance office. A Polk County judge sentenced 33-year-old Leon Davis Jr....
Florida Insolvent Insurer Owners Hit with $76 Million Verdict
May 2 2011 // The former owners of Aries Insurance Co. are on the hook for millions after a Miami-Dade District Court found them guilty of diverting funds for personal use. Florida CFO Jeff Atwater said that a Miami-Dade Circuit Court...
Workers’ Comp TV Show Begins Filming in Florida
May 2 2011 // Hollywood thinks workers’ compensation can be funny. Workers’ Comp, a half-hour TV comedy about crazy employees handling absurd and often-fraudulent insurance claims from injured workers, begins filming pilot...
Florida Court Rejects Vicarious Liability
May 2 2011 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that motor vehicle leasing companies in the state cannot be held liable for accidents with their rented vehicles they did not cause. The state’s high court agreed with lower state...
People
May 2 2011 // Marsh & McLennan Companies announced several changes to its senior management team, including the appointment of Daniel S. Glaser, 50, to the newly created position of group president and chief operating officer,...
Separating Myths from Facts on Florida’s Citizens
May 2 2011 // Currently, Florida’s legislature is considering a proposal that will help restore health to Florida’s insurance market. As the proposal moves forward, it is worth separating the myths from the facts on the...
Florida Senate Passes Property Insurance Overhaul
Apr 29 2011 // The Florida Senate has passed a property insurance overhaul aimed at creating more competition in the private marketplace and also cut down on fraudulent sinkhole claims. The measure (SB 408) passed on a 25-12 vote after...
Florida Insurer Closing its Doors
Apr 29 2011 // A Florida insurance company is on its way to closing its door as it informed agents it is going to start dropping policyholders when their policies are up for renewal. Argus Fire & Casualty, a subsidiary of the Miami...
Fire Risk Prompts Florida to Restrict Everglades Access
Apr 28 2011 // Florida wildlife officials are imposing restrictions on use of some Everglades recreation areas due to increased risk of fire. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission decided Tuesday to prohibit motor vehicles,...
Major Florida PIP Reform Effort Dies in Committee
Apr 27 2011 // The industry’s push for comprehensive reforms to Florida’s no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) insurance law came to an abrupt end in Florida after a House committee by a single vote margin rejected a...
Florida’s Lykes Insurance Appoints 3 Risk Consultants
Apr 27 2011 // A Florida commercial insurance agency, Lykes Insurance, has named three new risk consultants. Josh Helmut began his career in 2006 at Risk Services in Sarasota as a marketing representative. Most recently, he worked as a...
Scott Joins Florida’s Corporate Insurance Advisors
Apr 26 2011 // Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based insurance brokerage firm Corporate Insurance Advisors (CIA) has added Alex Scott to its team of producers as it pursues expansion in south Florida. Scott will focus on middle market...
CEO of Florida’s Homeowners Choice Resigns for Personal Reasons
Apr 25 2011 // Homeowners Choice Inc., a Clearwater, Florida-based provider of homeowners’ insurance, reported that Francis X. McCahill III has resigned from his position of president and chief executive officer and director of the...
Florida Agents Group Names Ray Communications Director
Apr 22 2011 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents announced Susan Ray has joined the association as director of communications. Ray brings nearly two decades of communications experience. She previously served as director of...
Florida Supreme Court Rejects Vicarious Liability for Car Rental Firms
Apr 21 2011 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that motor vehicle leasing companies in the state cannot be held liable for accidents with their rented vehicles they did not cause. The state’s high court agreed with lower state...
Florida Jury Hits Insolvent Insurer’s Owners with $76 Million Verdict
Apr 21 2011 // The former owners of Aries Insurance Co. are on the hook for millions after a Miami-Dade District Court found them guilty of diverting funds for personal use. Florida CFO Jeff Atwater said that a Miami-Dade Circuit Court...
One Year After BP Oil Spill, Optimism on Gulf Coast
Apr 21 2011 // A year after the worst U.S. offshore oil spill swamped the Gulf coast with petroleum and misery, officials Wednesday declared the hard-hit region reborn. It is still too early to know the long-term damage to the...
