Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida’s Citizens Accuses Embattled Law Firm, Others of Sham Lawsuits, Racketeering
Jun 22 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...
Florida Congresswoman Requests Longer Hurricane Season
Jun 22 2020 // Even though the six-month Atlantic hurricane season lasts as long as a typical Major League Baseball season, a Florida congresswoman thinks it needs to be longer. Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy sent a letter to the...
Florida Residual Workers’ Comp Plan Issues $27.6M in Premium Refunds
Jun 18 2020 // Nearly 13,000 policyholders of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (FWCJUA) will receive workforce premium refunds totaling $27.6 million over the next few months. According to the...
Lighthouse Completes Merger with Florida’s Prepared Insurance Co.
Jun 17 2020 // Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp. has completed its previously announced merger plans with sister carrier, Prepared Insurance Co. Lighthouse will assume the Prepared portfolio and write directly in the state of Florida,...
Some Florida Bars, Restaurants Temporarily Close as Virus Cases Rise
Jun 16 2020 // Some Florida bars and restaurants are temporarily closing their doors after being back open for just a few weeks because workers or patrons have tested positive for the new coronavirus. The closures come as the number of...
Florida City Hit with $2.1M Fine Over Sewage Spills
Jun 15 2020 // The city of Fort Lauderdale has been slapped with $2.1 million in fines by the state for a series of sewage spills. The South Florida SunSentinel reports that the state Department of Environmental Protection originally...
Centauri Insurance of Florida Taps Moore as VP of Sales, Agency Relations
Jun 15 2020 // Centauri Specialty Insurance Holdings and its subsidiaries have hired Rick Moore as vice president of Sales and Agency Relations. As a part of the leadership team, Moore is responsible for the growth and management of...
Survey: Florida Residents More Concerned for Hurricane Season Amid Pandemic
Jun 15 2020 // Florida has officially started hurricane season and a new survey shows a majority of residents are more concerned for this year’s potential storms than in previous years, given the simultaneous continuing issues...
Florida Cat Fund Foregoes Private Reinsurance for 2020 Hurricane Season
Jun 15 2020 // Reinsurance coverage for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund was not purchased for this year’s hurricane season after overseers of the fund evaluated the market and found a lack of private capital availability. In...
Coronavirus Spreading Among U.S. Fruit, Vegetable Packers Raising Concern
Jun 11 2020 // From apple packing houses in Washington state to farm workers in Florida and a California county known as “the world’s salad bowl,” outbreaks of the novel coronavirus are emerging at U.S. fruit and...
Centauri Insurance of Florida Adds Brady as VP of Claims
Jun 11 2020 // Centauri Specialty Insurance Holdings and its subsidiaries have added Tom Brady as vice president of Claims. Brady joined the team in April 2020 and is responsible for all facets of the claims operations, including setting...
Texas, Louisiana, Florida Most at Risk of Natural Disasters: ValuePenguin
Jun 10 2020 // That Texas, Louisiana and Florida top the list of states that are most vulnerable to natural disasters is probably a finding of a recent study that will come as no surprise to folks who live in those states. Another likely...
Florida Supreme Court Suspends Attorney Behind Thousands of Insurer Lawsuits
Jun 10 2020 // The Florida Supreme Court has granted an emergency request by The Florida Bar to immediately suspend an attorney who, with his firm, has filed thousands of assignment of benefit and first party lawsuits against Florida...
The Hilb Group Acquires Fort Myers Insurance Agency/Freedom Insurance Center of Florida
Jun 10 2020 // The Hilb Group, LLC has acquired Florida-based Fort Myers Insurance Agency, Inc., dba Freedom Insurance Center (FIC). The transaction became effective June 1, 2020. FIC is a property and casualty full–service agency that...
After Crashing onto Louisiana Coast, Cristobal Moves Up Mississippi River Basin
Jun 9 2020 // Tropical Storm Cristobal weakened into a depression early on June 8 after inundating coastal Louisiana and ginning up dangerous weather along most of the U.S. Gulf Coast, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches,...
Fire Causes Explosion on Florida Ship, 9 Firefighters Sent to Hospital
Jun 9 2020 // Nine firefighters responding to a fire aboard a ship in Florida have been hospitalized after the ship exploded, injuring eight and sending one to a hospital for heat exhaustion, authorities said. The explosion occurred...
Tropical Storm Cristobal Brings Rain, Flooding to South
Jun 8 2020 // Rain pounded the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Cristobal, which had already spawned a tornado in Florida. Roads flooded in coastal Louisiana and Mississippi, and thousands were without...
Insurance Office Of America of Florida Names Thompson SVP Of Enterprise Initiatives
Jun 8 2020 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) has promoted Steve Thompson to the newly created position of senior vice president of enterprise initiatives. Thompson joined IOA in 2017 as a managing partner over its program...
Phase 2 of Reopening Begins for Florida with Theme Parks, Bars
Jun 5 2020 // Florida bars, bowling alleys and theme parks will be part of the next phase of reopening the state in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday. DeSantis made his announcement...
Florida Traffic Crashes Down by Half Amid Quarantine
Jun 4 2020 // The number of traffic crashes in Florida dropped by 50% in April compared to the same time last year, according to highway officials. With residents holed up at home, working remotely and running fewer errands, rush hour...
