Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
One Call Names Mendez CEO, Alliant Adds VP Cassidy in Florida
Jan 17 2025 // One Call, a provider of ancillary care services for the workers’ compensation market, based in Jacksonville, named Nicholas Mendez as chief executive officer, starting Feb. 10. Mendez succeeds Jay Krueger, who will...
King Risk Adds to SW Florida Presence with Bruce Hendry Agency
Jan 17 2025 // King Risk Partners, a major U.S. brokerage and insurance agency based in Gainesville, Florida, has acquired Bruce Hendry Insurance in Immokalee, Florida, southeast of Fort Myers. It is the latest expansion move for King...
Florida Appeals Court Upsets Applecart on Workers’ Comp Statute of Limitations
Jan 16 2025 // A recent decision and concurring opinion by a Florida appeals court may have upset years of practice and could raise costs for workers’ compensation insurers. Some claims that carriers were once ready to close out of...
Florida Store Owner Who Faked Death for Insurance Gets Sentence Commuted
Jan 14 2025 // Floridians may remember the strange case of Jacksonville businessman Jose Lantigua, who faked his own death in 2013 in an attempt to collect millions of dollars in life insurance proceeds. His deeds earned him a spot on...
Major Florida Citrus Grower to End Operations After Years of Hurricanes and Blight
Jan 9 2025 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A major grower said this week it is abandoning its citrus growing operations, reflecting the headwinds Florida’s signature crops are facing following a series of hurricanes and tree...
Florida Grand Jury Finds No Criminal Activity With COVID Vaccine Development
Jan 9 2025 // TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A statewide grand jury convened at the request of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” concerning COVID-19 vaccines did not find any evidence of criminal...
JetBlue Stowaway Deaths Probed After Florida Flight From New York
Jan 8 2025 // Local law enforcement officials in Fort Lauderdale are investigating the deaths of two individuals found in the landing gear compartment of a JetBlue Airways Corp. plane after it arrived at the Florida airport on Monday. A...
Did Florida Appeals Court Put the Final Nail in the AOB Coffin? Maybe
Jan 7 2025 // Almost five years after Florida lawmakers clamped restrictions on assignment-of-benefits agreements and two years after they effectively outlawed AOBs altogether, state appeals courts may have finally put an end to one...
Uber Not Liable: Driver Was Not Logged in at Time of Accident, Florida Court Says
Jan 3 2025 // A Florida man may have been an occasional driver for Uber, the ride-hailing company, but he was not working at the time that he struck and killed his former girlfriend, and Uber is not liable for the wrongful death, a...
Investigation After Train Hits Fire Truck in South Florida, Injuring 15
Jan 2 2025 // Three firefighters and a dozen passengers were injured in Florida last week when a fire truck with its lights flashing drove around rail crossing arms and into the path of a high-speed passenger train after waiting for...
Two Florida Tourist Sites Halt Drone Shows After Boy Was Hit at Orlando Event
Dec 31 2024 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A theme park resort and a huge hotel in central Florida either have stopped using drones or canceled their drone-based shows after several drones collided and fell from the sky during a separate...
Florida Condo Owners Face Deadline and Higher Costs With New Regulations
Dec 31 2024 // MIAMI (AP) — Florida condominium owners are looking at higher costs from condo associations in the new year, a consequence of a safety law passed by state lawmakers in 2022. It requires associations to have sufficient...
Security First, Amelia Underwriters Offering New Products in Warming Florida Market
Dec 30 2024 // Two Florida-based insurance companies are expanding their product lines, another sign that insurers are making more – if limited – moves into a warming market in the state. Amelia Underwriters, a wholesale and surplus...
Florida DFS Posts Latest Enforcement Actions Against Agents, Adjusters
Dec 27 2024 // Florida’s Department of Financial Services has posted its enforcement actions for much of the last half of 2024, listing 12 insurance agents and 43 adjusters who were penalized, suspended, or had their licenses...
FAA Probes Holiday Drone Show Accident that Injured Florida Boy
Dec 26 2024 // ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that it has launched an investigation into why several drones collided and fell from the sky during a holiday show over the weekend in downtown...
Investigation Continues After South Florida Boat Explosion Kills 1, Injures 6
Dec 26 2024 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A boat explosion at a South Florida marina has left one person dead and six others injured, officials said. The explosion occurred Monday night about 6 p.m. at the Lauderdale Marina, Fort...
Cleveland Clinic Plans New Hospital, Larger Outpatient Center in South Florida
Dec 20 2024 // The Cleveland Clinic, a health care system with hospitals and clinics around the world, said it plans to build a 150-bed hospital in the Palm Beach area and will quadruple the size of an outpatient clinic there. Cleveland...
Afore Moves into Childcare Insurance Market With Block Insurance of Florida
Dec 20 2024 // Afore Insurance Services, a brokerage and broker acquisition platform based in the Atlanta area, has acquired Block Insurance in Oveido, Florida, a firm that has specialized in finding coverage for childcare providers,...
Florida Businessman Pleads Guilty to Rolling Back Odometers by Thousands of Miles
Dec 20 2024 // A Florida car dealer is awaiting sentencing after he pleaded guilty to rolling back the odometers on at least three vehicles by thousands of miles. Drew Mitchell Schreiber, owner of Central Florida Automotive Group, in...
Three Dozen High-Rise Buildings in South Florida Are Sinking, Study Says
Dec 19 2024 // SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Almost three dozen high-rise condos and luxury hotels along the beach in South Florida are sinking or settling in unexpected ways, in some cases because of nearby construction, according to...
