Latest Florida Headlines
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New Florida Legislative Session Faces Familiar Insurance Problems
Feb 24 2010 // Randi Schuknecht worried that her longtime, established insurance company was about to leave Florida — and leave her without a homeowner’s policy. So she found a new insurer — one she wouldn’t have...
Arkansas: Company Marketing Fraudulent Insurance Products Must Stop
Feb 24 2010 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Jay Bradford has suspended the non-resident business entity producer’s license of Cinergy Health Inc. pending the outcome of an administrative hearing scheduled for March 11, 2010, at...
Florida Property Insurance: Northern Capital Loses Rating; HomeWise Consolidates
Feb 24 2010 // One fast-growing Florida homeowner insurer has had its rating pulled by its rating agency and reportedly halted new business while another domestic carrier is consolidating its business into one company from two. Northern...
Florida Insurer Citizens Finds Inequities in Homeowner Discounts
Feb 22 2010 // Recent policyholder inspections by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. found some homeowners are getting more of a discount for fortifying their homes than they are eligible for. The state-backed insurer looked at 452...
Business Moves
Feb 21 2010 // OneBeacon, Tower Group Massachusetts-based OneBeacon Insurance Group has agreed to sell its personal lines business to Tower Group Inc. in a deal that comprises two affiliate insurers and two reciprocal insurance exchanges...
Idaho Home Insurance Costs Lowest in Nation
Feb 21 2010 // Idaho homeowner insurance is the least costly in the nation, averaging $422 per year, according to a nationwide survey. This compares to an average $822 countrywide. The Gem State also had among the lowest average rates...
Florida Shuts Down Warranty Firms
Feb 17 2010 // Florida regulatory officials have ordered several firms selling home and auto warranty and service agreements to halt their sales in the state. The companies include National Home Protection, Nationwide Home Warranty and...
Florida Court Overturns $12 Million Drunk Driving Verdict Against School
Feb 12 2010 // A Florida appeals court has reversed a $12 million verdict against a Miami archdiocesan high school previously found liable for the injuries of a student who survived a drunken driving crash. Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll...
Florida Court Restricts Litigation Notice Rule Under No-Fault
Feb 11 2010 // A 2001 amendment to Florida’s no-fault law that requires insureds to notify their insurer that they intend to sue cannot be applied retroactively to policies issued before the amendment was enacted. The Florida...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2010 // Fiesta Auto Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Fiesta Auto Insurance is combining its two business models — insurance and tax preparation — under one roof, quadrupling its presence to more than 80 locations....
Farm, Insurance Loss Estimates from Florida Freeze Still Weeks Away
Feb 2 2010 // It will still be weeks, into March and April, before the full extent of crop damage and insurance payments from Florida’s recent extended freeze will be known. While Florida’s citrus industry has been hard hit,...
Florida’s United Insurance to Expand Into 7 Northeast, Southeast States
Feb 2 2010 // United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. in Florida said it is seeking approval to write homeowners insurance in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and New Jersey. The...
Commercial General Liability Policy Covers ‘Blast’ Faxes: Florida Court
Feb 2 2010 // Commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies generally cover liability for unsolicited “blast faxes” that violate federal law, a Florida court has ruled. The Supreme Court of Florida issued its ruling...
State Farm Begins Sending Non-Renewal Notices in Florida This Week
Feb 1 2010 // Thousands of State Farm Florida property insurance customers will be seeing notices in their mailboxes this week saying their policies will not be renewed, a company spokesman said. The first wave of notices will be mailed...
McDermott, Benner Head Florida Insurance Commissioner Media Staff
Feb 1 2010 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced staff changes on the communications staff for the Office of Insurance Regulation. Jack McDermott has been appointed director of communications. McDermott has been the...
Real Change for a Real Choice in Florida
Jan 27 2010 // A January 2010 opinion editorial, “Don’t deregulate insurance: Consumers only ‘choice’ would be bad” bylined by three consumer advocates totally misses the mark on the benefits of the Consumer...
Florida Peninsula Finalizes Acquisition of Edison Insurance
Jan 27 2010 // Florida Peninsula Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Florida Peninsula Insurance Co., reports it has completed its acquisition of Edison Insurance Group, including its two subsidiaries: Edison Insurance Co. and Edison...
Florida’s Citizens to Re-Bid Part of Contract for Property Reinspections
Jan 26 2010 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer will seek competitive bids on part of a contract to reinspect as many as 400,000 properties that have been awarded $700 million in mitigation discounts off their insurance...
People
Jan 24 2010 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. has hired Janet Frank as president and chief operating officer of the workers’ compensation writer’s principal operating subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Co. She will also be an...
Florida Hospitals Must Warn Patients About Limits Imposed on Lawsuits
Jan 24 2010 // The Florida Supreme Court says hospitals must warn patients about a state law that bars malpractice lawsuits for birth-related neurological injuries. The justices this month ruled hospitals that fail to do so can then be...
