Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida Division of Emergency Management Faces COVID-19 Outbreak
Jul 20 2020 // The Florida Division of Emergency Management closed down part of its facilities after 12 employees tested positive for coronavirus. The areas where the employees work were going through a deep clean over the weekend and...
Miami-Dade to Fine Individuals, Businesses Not Following COVID Rules
Jul 20 2020 // Miami-Dade County plans to start aggressively enforcing rules designed to combat the rapidly spreading coronavirus as Florida reported more than 11,000 new cases Friday adding to a caseload that is straining the...
Declarations
Jul 20 2020 // Unconstitutional Argument “This legislation is likely unconstitutional. We will aggressively defend against any attempt to undermine contracts, or violate basic due process, government takings, and contracts clauses...
Florida Official Pleads Guilty in $5M Hurricane Fraud Scheme
Jul 17 2020 // A Florida city official pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in a scheme to bilk the federal government out of $5 million in Hurricane Michael cleanup money, the U.S. attorney’s office announced. Former Lynn Haven...
Suspension of Florida Lawyer Accused of Causing ‘Great Public Harm’ Justified: Judge
Jul 16 2020 // A Florida judge has recommended the Florida Supreme Court deny the motion to dissolve the suspension of a Florida attorney who, with his firm, has filed thousands of assignment of benefit and first party lawsuits against...
Reinsurance Capital Dips 6%, Tightening of Capacity Accelerates: Aon
Jul 16 2020 // Global reinsurance capital fell 6% to $590 billion for the first quarter of 2020, Aon reported in its June/July Reinsurance Market Outlook report. The report, which also looks at changes in reinsurance demand levels,...
Florida’s Citizens to Resume Policy Cancellations, Nonrenewals Next Month
Jul 14 2020 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s insurer of last resort, will resume processing cancellations and nonrenewal notices next month after halting them back in March in response to the state’s...
Florida Shatters Daily COVID Case Record as Disney Parks Reopen
Jul 13 2020 // Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as its daily average death toll...
Actors Union Files Grievance Against Walt Disney World Ahead of Park Reopening
Jul 10 2020 // The actors’ union representing 750 Walt Disney World performers has filed a grievance against the Orlando, Florida-based theme park alleging retaliation against its members over the union’s demand that they be...
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Partners with The Browning Agency of Florida
Jul 10 2020 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has partnered with The Browning Agency of Ponte Vedra, Fla. Established in 1989 by Jim Browning, The Browning Agency is a full-service brokerage and consulting firm specializing in...
Best: Reinsurance Pricing, Pandemic Add to Woes for Florida Property Insurers
Jul 9 2020 // The numerous issues in Florida’s property insurance market, including higher reinsurance pricing and social inflation, continue to challenge the financial strength of Florida personal property writers and impact...
Patriot Growth Insurance Services Adds 2 Florida Agencies
Jul 9 2020 // Patriot Growth Insurance Services, LLC, a nationwide insurance agency, has added two Florida-based independent agencies, Arison Insurance Services, and Ference Insurance (FIA), to the Patriot platform. Arison and FIA each...
Miami Halts Indoor Dining as Florida Hospitals Approach Capacity
Jul 8 2020 // Hospitals rapidly approached capacity across the Sunbelt, and the Miami area closed indoor dining at restaurants and gyms again because of the surging coronavirus Monday, as the U.S. emerged from a Fourth of July weekend...
Florida Reaches Grim Coronavirus Milestone
Jul 6 2020 // Florida health officials say the state has reached a grim milestone: more than 200,000 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the start of the outbreak. State statistics released Sunday show an...
Court Refuses to Open ‘Loophole’ for Cruise Line Lawsuits
Jul 6 2020 // A plaintiff’s attorney cannot avoid a showdown with a cruise line at the federal courthouse in Miami simply by pleading the case as an action that does not require the court’s jurisdiction under admiralty law,...
Business Moves
Jul 6 2020 // East High Street Insurance Partners, Gates-Cole Associates Traverse City, Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners has acquired Gates-Cole Associates in New Hartford, New York. Financial details of the transaction...
Florida’s Citizens Accuses Embattled Law Firm, Others of Sham Lawsuits, Racketeering
Jul 6 2020 // Florida’s state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has joined a chorus of insurance companies accusing the Strems Law Firm of lawsuit abuse. Citizens says it has lost millions of dollars due to an alleged scheme...
Congressional Action Plan on Climate Change Applauded by Zurich, IBHS
Jul 2 2020 // A Congressional action plan for a clean energy economy is garnering a bit of praise from a few important names in the insurance industry. The House of Representatives in 2019 established the House Select Committee on the...
New Florida Laws Address Climate Issues, Require Sea Level Study for Construction
Jul 2 2020 // Republican Florida Ron DeSantis signed a slew of environmental bills in less than 24 hours that address issues ranging from sea level rise to blue-green algae blooms – and even given the state authority to use drones...
Insurity Acquires Epic-Premier Insurance Solutions of Florida
Jul 1 2020 // Insurity, Inc., a provider of cloud-based core systems and data analytics for insurers, brokers, and MGAs, has completed the acquisition of Florida-based Epic-Premier Insurance Solutions, Inc. Epic-Premier offers software...
