Latest Florida Headlines
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AssuredPartners Acquires Star & Shield Insurance Services of Florida
Jan 7 2020 // AssuredPartners, Inc. has acquired Star & Shield Insurance Services located in Tallahassee, Fla. The team of 11 will remain under the operational leadership of Frank Russo and Allyson Olver. The agency currently...
Maximum Adds Burns to Florida Team
Jan 7 2020 // Maximum, an independent, Chicago-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has hired Kevin Burns to its Tampa, Fla.-based team. Kevin Burns Burns has nearly a decade of experience in the property and casualty sector and...
Injured Disney Cruise Line Worker Awarded $4M by Florida Jury
Jan 6 2020 // A Florida jury has decided that a Disney Cruise Line worker deserves $4 million from the company based on her claim that she got inadequate medical care from ship doctors after she was hit by a car during a port of...
Brightway Insurance of Florida Names Co-Founder Michael Miller President, CEO
Jan 6 2020 // Brightway Insurance Co-founder Michael Miller will assume the role of president and CEO of the Florida-based company. Miller takes over for Talman Howard, who has been in the position for the last seven years. Michael...
Barrera to Head Financial Services Division for Florida-Based Jag Insurance Group
Jan 6 2020 // JAG Insurance Group – a South Florida-based commercial insurance agency with Florida offices in Coral Gables and Delray Beach, and Charlotte, N.C. – has added Omar Barerra to the firm to lead a newly-formed division,...
Iowa Risk Pool Criticized for Travel Seeking to Block State Audit
Jan 6 2020 // A group that insures local governments across Iowa is going to court to try to block the state auditor from reviewing its spending, including on board members’ travel to out-of-state vacation destinations. The Iowa...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 Southeast Region Stories of 2019
Jan 2 2020 // It was a relatively quiet year for the Southeast in terms of major catastrophes compared with 2018 when Hurricane’s Michael and Florence caused major damage in the region. This year, Hurricane Dorian sideswiped the...
Fourth Sewer Line in a Month Ruptures in South Florida City
Dec 31 2019 // For the fourth time in a month, a South Florida sewer line has ruptured. The sewer line burst on Friday at a park in Fort Lauderdale. It was repaired overnight when crews removed the damaged section of 16-inch force main...
Florida City to Pay for ID Monitoring for 60K After Cyberattack
Dec 27 2019 // A Florida city is offering to pay for identity protection monitoring for up to 60,000 people following a cyberattack that crippled Pensacola’s computer systems for days. The News Journal reports Pensacola Mayor...
3 Sewer Main Breaks in South Florida Neighborhood Cause Stinky Mess
Dec 24 2019 // A South Florida neighborhood has been plagued with a toxic and smelly odor for almost two weeks due to three back-to-back sewer main breaks. Sewage flowed for nine days in the Rio Vista neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale...
Semitrailer Crashes Into Florida Landmark in Orlando
Dec 24 2019 // A semitrailer plowed into a historic inn south of Orlando early Sunday, causing major damage but no apparent injuries. Photos show that the truck ran through the wall of the Desert Inn and a portion of the building...
BRP Group to Acquire Lanier Upshaw of Florida
Dec 23 2019 // BRP Group, Inc., an independent insurance distribution firm based in Florida, announced that Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners, LLC, a subsidiary of BRP Group, has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all...
Citizens to Evaluate Policyholder Count as Florida Market Conditions Tighten
Dec 20 2019 // Florida’s insurer of last resort Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will make shrinking its policyholder count a priority next year, despite potential headwinds that may come from Florida domestic carriers...
Newly Opened Pothole Damages 30 Cars in Florida
Dec 20 2019 // As many as 30 vehicles were damaged when they hit a pothole that opened up in the center lane of Interstate 4 near Orlando on Tuesday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers and officers from other agencies...
Neptune Flood of Florida Hires Eckstein as Executive Director
Dec 19 2019 // Florida-based insurtech, Neptune Flood Incorporated has hired Jean-Luc Eckstein has been hired as executive director. Eckstein joins Neptune Flood from Fortune 500 technology provider, CDW, where he sold software and...
Florida City Faces $1M Ransom by Hackers
Dec 17 2019 // A Florida city confirmed Friday that hackers seeking to extort money were responsible for crippling its computer systems earlier this week but officials have yet to decide whether they will pay a reported $1 million...
Florida Auto Insurer Windhaven Placed Into Rehabilitation
Dec 17 2019 // The future of another Florida domestic insurer is now in the hands of state regulators. Non-standard private passenger auto insurer Windhaven Insurance Co. (WIC), based in Miami, has been placed into rehabilitation by a...
Special Report: The Charity Issue – Photos of Giving
Dec 16 2019 // Frank Winston Crum Insurance FWCI has an enterprise philosophy of philanthropy with a primary focus on helping people who cannot help themselves. FWCI has supported the Tampa Bay community for more than a decade with a...
Judge Approves $103M Settlement for Florida Bridge Collapse Victims
Dec 16 2019 // The families of six people killed, along with 10 people injured, when a bridge collapsed at a Miami university are set to receive a nearly $103 million settlement. Judge A. Jay Cristol, with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Miami,...
Tornado Causes Minor Damage in Florida
Dec 16 2019 // Weather officials say a tornado caused minor damage after it touched down in Florida and traveled about 20 miles. According to the National Weather Service in Jacksonville, the tornado touched down early Saturday morning...
