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#1 Size of Florida’s Slide Insurance Exec Compensation Has Tongues Wagging
Jun 2 2025 // When Tampa-based Slide Insurance registered for an initial public stock offering last week, one page of the filing quickly had people talking in the Florida insurance industry. On page 132 of the filing with the U.S....
#2 Dangerous-Dog Owners in Florida Must Now Get $100,000 in Liability Insurance
May 23 2025 // Owners of dangerous dogs in Florida will soon have to secure at least $100,000 in liability insurance coverage after the governor signed House Bill 593 into law this week. Also known as the Pam Rock Act after a mail...
#3 After $66M Florida Boat Crash Award, Judge Says TPA Can’t Halt Claims Adjustments
Jun 6 2025 // South Florida residents will likely remember Aaron Hirschhorn, the successful Miami entrepreneur who launched a dog-sitting service then won a big investment for a stem-cell therapy for dogs when he appeared on the...
#4 Appeals Court: Florida Deputy Used Excessive Force and Is Not Immune From Suit
May 13 2025 // A Sarasota County sheriff’s deputy used excessive force on a handicapped, 100-pound driver in 2020 and is not entitled to immunity from lawsuits, a federal appeals court ruled in a case that could affect...
#5 Complaints About Florida Insurers Have More Than Doubled in 5 Years, or Have They?
May 19 2025 // Consumer complaints about property-casualty insurers in Florida have more than doubled in the last five years and are on track to reach a new high in 2025, according to data provided by Florida regulators. Insurance...
#6 After Years of Losses, Florida Insurers Saw Underwriting Profits in 2024, AM Best Says
May 30 2025 // After eight years of losses, Florida’s personal property insurance market reported an underwriting profit and a considerable jump in operating income in 2024, the AM Best rating and analytics firm said in a report...
#7 Florida’s Slide Insurance Files for Initial Public Stock Offering
May 27 2025 // Four years after it was founded, Florida-based Slide Insurance plans to go public. The holding company for the Tampa-headquartered company, which has more than 343,000 policies in Florida, last week filed registration...
#8 Florida OIR Fines Centauri Specialty for Unappointed Adjusters, Other Issues
May 13 2025 // Sarasota-based Centauri Specialty Insurance, now part of Arbol’s Lilypad Insurance Holdings, used non-appointed adjusters in the wake of Hurricane Ian in 2022 and has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to Florida...
#9 Lawsuit Says Florida Aviation Firm Didn’t Verify Inspections of Troubled Learjet
May 22 2025 // A British aviation firm contends in a lawsuit that a Florida aircraft management company failed to properly inspect a Learjet, botched repairs to landing gear – which allegedly caused a tire blowout on landing – then...
#10 Will DeSantis Sign Bill Allowing Longer Noncompete Agreements in Florida?
Jun 4 2025 // While federal agencies and some states have moved to rein in the reach of noncompete agreements, a Florida bill awaiting the governor’s signature would go in the opposite direction, significantly lengthening the...
#11 Florida High Court Lets Stand Ruling on Damage Estimates in Supplemental Claims
May 16 2025 // The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday declined to consider a petition in a condominium insurance case, leaving in place conflicting rulings from Florida appeals courts. The non-decision in American Coastal Insurance vs....
#12 Colossal Cloud of Sahara Dust en Route to Texas, Florida
Jun 4 2025 // A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States. The cloud extended some 2,000 miles (3,200...
#13 Federal Jury Awards $405K Verdict Against Florida Senior Living Facility
May 20 2025 // A federal jury awarded $405,083 to a veteran in a disability discrimination case against a St. Petersburg, Florida, senior living facility and its operating companies, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
#14 Four Hondurans Indicted in Florida on $89M Workers’ Comp, Tax Avoidance Charges
May 13 2025 // A grand jury in Orlando last week indicted four Honduran nationals for allegedly operating an off-the-books cash payroll scheme for construction workers that defrauded workers’ compensation insurers and avoided...
#15 DeSantis Signs Law Making Florida 2nd State to Ban Fluoride From Water Systems
May 16 2025 // Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the country after Utah to implement a statewide ban on...
#16 Memorial Day Boat Explosion Sends 11 to the Hospital in Florida
May 28 2025 // A fiery boat explosion near Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Memorial Day sent 11 people to the hospital, many suffering from burns, officials said Tuesday. The 39-foot (12-meter) Sea Ray boat had 15 people on board when the...
#17 Misdemeanor Charges Filed in Wakeboarding Girl’s Death in South Florida
Jun 4 2025 // Misdemeanor charges have filed against the man who was operating the boat that fatally struck a 15-year-old girl off a South Florida beach last year, as well as the man who was operating the boat she had been wakeboarding...
#18 Tornadoes, Winds, Rain Hit Florida Panhandle and Parts of Alabama
May 12 2025 // Tornadoes, strong winds and flash flooding hit parts of north Florida and Alabama over the weekend, damaging dozens of homes and commercial and farm structures, weather and local news sites reported. In the Florida...
#19 Immigration Crackdown Unnerves Once-Protected Cuban Exiles in Florida
May 28 2025 // Immigration officials said Tomás Hernández worked in high-level posts for Cuba’s foreign intelligence agency for decades before migrating to the United States to pursue the American dream. The 71-year-old was...
#20 New Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Same Florida Grower With Cucumbers Last Year
May 21 2025 // U.S. health officials are investigating a new outbreak of salmonella illnesses tied to a Florida grower whose tainted cucumbers were linked to more than 550 illnesses last year. Cucumbers grown by Florida-based Bedner...
