Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
DriverShield to Acquire Presidion Solutions Inc.
Jan 23 2003 // Florida-based DriverShield Corp. reported that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to acquire Presidion Solutions Inc., a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) headquartered in Troy,...
Brown & Brown Sub Acquires Florida Intracoastal Underwriters
Jan 20 2003 // Madoline Corporation, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc. announced it has acquired the remaining 25 percent interest in Florida Intracoastal Underwriters, Limited Company (FIU), held by Trenwick America Reinsurance...
Florida’s Connie Mack Proposes Workers’ Comp Bill
Jan 17 2003 // Florida State Representative Connie Mack (R, District 91) announced he plans to file legislation to reform Florida’s worker’s compensation system by increasing benefits to injured workers, while reducing the...
Florida Insurers Present Senate Committee with PIP Fixes
Jan 14 2003 // Representatives of the Florida insurance industry, including the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), outlined to a Senate committee an all-inclusive package of reforms designed to address the state’s...
New Fla. Dept. of Financial Services in Full Swing
Jan 13 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services, the new agency resulting from the merger of the departments of Insurance and Banking and Finance, has opened its doors. The agency, headed by Chief Financial Officer Tom...
Med-Mal Mayhem
Jan 13 2003 // Will medical malpractice problems initiate the industry’s crisis for 2003 in the way that mold mania swept Texas and many other states in 2002, creating havoc in the homeowners insurance market? If you read the...
New Data Shows Worsening Med-Mal Crisis in Fla.
Jan 2 2003 // Floridians’ ability to obtain healthcare services is being disrupted statewide as hospitals are forced to close units or reduce services due to the medical liability insurance crisis, new information shows. The...
Florida’s Brown & Brown Acquires Oklahoma Agency
Dec 24 2002 // C. Roy Bridges, regional executive vice president of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. , and W. Brent LaGere, chairman and CEO of LaGere & Walkingstick Insurance Agency Inc., of Chandler, Okla., announced that...
WCRI Says Wide Variations in State Workers’ Comp Medical Fee Schedules Unrelated to Provider Costs
Dec 20 2002 // The substantial variation in workers’ compensation medical fee schedules among the states is not related to the different costs health care providers incur delivering medical services to injured workers, according to...
Florida Farm Bureau Mold Guidelines Approved
Dec 20 2002 // The state of Florida and Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies worked out an agreement concerning guidelines on coverage for mold in homeowners policies. According to United Press International, the detailed guidelines...
Exec. Says Florida Hospitals Facing ‘Meltdown’
Dec 18 2002 // The medical liability insurance crisis in Florida will cause the state’s medical system to meltdown, unless a legislative fix is implemented soon, according to a hospital executive who is a member of the Coalition to...
FMIT Implements INSTEC Solutions
Dec 13 2002 // Commercial property and casualty insurance software provider, INSTEC, announced that the Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT), has begun using INSTEC’s solution to provide policy rating and issuance on a single...
Copart Opens New Facility in Florida
Dec 11 2002 // Copart Inc. announced the opening of a new auction facility, located in Ft. Pierce, Fla. With the addition of this 54-acre greenfield facility, Copart now has 100 locations in 40 states, with six locations in...
Fla. Roofing Co. Owner Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Dec 11 2002 // Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher announced that the owner of South Florida-based Cedar Shakes Supply Inc. and Regency Roofing has pleaded guilty to charges of organized fraud and workers’...
Forum Concludes Reform of Fla. No-Fault System a Must
Dec 9 2002 // Far from being merely an insurance industry concern, no-fault fraud in Florida is a problem that affects every auto insurance consumer in the state. According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII),...
Provider Alliance Enters Fla. Nursing Home Liability Market
Dec 5 2002 // Provider Alliance, a Charleston, South Carolina-based leader in long-term care insurance, announced it has entered the Florida market with affordable liability insurance policies available to nursing home providers. The...
BB&T to Acquire Fla. Premium Finance Co.
Dec 5 2002 // BB&T Corporation of Winston-Salem, N.C. announced plans to buy insurance premium finance company Southeastern Fidelity Corporation (SEFCO) of Tallahassee, Fla., in a stock swap. Terms were not disclosed. BB&T...
Florida Nursing Homes Jump on Quality Improvement Program
Dec 4 2002 // Florida Medical Quality Assurance Inc. reports that Florida nursing homes are not wasting time getting involved with the recently launched Nursing Home Quality Initiative (NHQI) spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Health...
Orlando Agent Charged with Selling Bogus Policies
Nov 26 2002 // Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher announced that Michael E. Rock of Orlando, was arrested on charges of soliciting thousands of Florida doctors to purchase fraudulent medical malpractice...
Study Calls Medical Liability Crisis in Fla. ‘Bleak’
Nov 25 2002 // A study conducted on behalf of the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) shows that Florida faces a “bleak” medical liability crisis, with doctors facing more claims and liability losses, and paying substantially...
