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#1 Businessman, Former Federal Insurance Co. Attorney Hit With $50M Florida Verdict
Nov 25 2025 // In a lawsuit begun more than a decade ago and which led to counter-suits, appeals to the Florida Supreme Court and attention from national tort-reform groups, a Palm Beach County jury has awarded more than $50 million to...
#2 Florida Jury Returns $779M Verdict for Family of Security Guard Killed at Gambling Cafe
Dec 11 2025 // A Gadsden County, Florida, jury awarded $779 million, believed to be a record for the county near Tallahassee, to the family of a security guard who was killed at what was called an illegal internet gambling café in...
#3 Florida House Panel Passes Bill Requiring Human Touch on Claims Denials
Dec 11 2025 // A Florida House subcommittee this week approved a bill that would mandate human involvement in property insurance claims denials, a sign of the times as insurers employ more artificial intelligence on multiple...
#4 Florida, East Coast to See Big Insured Losses From More Cat 5 Storms, Researchers Say
Dec 2 2025 // The just-ended 2025 Atlantic hurricane season surprised some forecasters after it produced no major storms that hit the United States. But the hurricanes that did arise, with most remaining offshore and one slamming...
#5 Barge Looted in the Bahamas Returns to Florida but Insurance Claims Mounting
Nov 25 2025 // A barge carrying 192 shipping containers that ran aground in the Bahamas and was quickly looted has returned to Jacksonville, ending a stormy journey that will likely result in millions of dollars in insurance claims. The...
#6 Former Florida Broker and Texas Man Convicted in ACA Scheme That Paid $180M
Nov 19 2025 // A federal jury in south Florida this week convicted a formerly licensed insurance broker and the head of a marketing firm for their roles in a years-long scheme to fraudulently enroll homeless people in Affordable Care Act...
#7 Florida Reforms Are Paying Off for Drivers. Don’t Mess it up With Repeal of PIP
Nov 21 2025 // For years, I’ve warned that Florida’s legal climate was out of control — driven not by consumers or local businesses, but by a handful of billboard trial lawyers who made fortunes exploiting loopholes in our...
#8 Florida Approves 6.9% Average Cut in Workers’ Comp Rates But Roofers Are Worried
Nov 18 2025 // Florida’s insurance commissioner has approved a 6.9% average decrease in workers’ compensation rates for the voluntary market for 2026, marking the ninth straight year of rate cuts in the state. The average...
#9 Florida Congresswoman Indicted on Charges of Misusing $5M in FEMA Funds
Nov 20 2025 // A federal grand jury in Miami has indicted U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and others, charging that they used federal disaster relief funds for her 2021 Congressional campaign. Federal prosecutors said...
#10 After Years of Pushing Rate Hikes, Florida’s Citizens Now Wants HO Rate Decrease
Dec 11 2025 // After years of asking for rate increases to help drive consumers to the private market and reduce its exposure, Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is now asking for a rare decrease in homeowners’...
#11 ‘Dream Is in Sight:’ Chamber, Reinsurers, Insurers Urge Florida to Stay the Course
Dec 5 2025 // The message from the Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit was loud and clear: Don’t mess with legislative changes that have all but restored the state’s property insurance market. And while you’re...
#12 Surveys Show Concerns About Florida Market, But Consumers Are Warming Up
Dec 4 2025 // New surveys of Florida homeowners show continued concerns about property insurance, premiums and hurricanes, but policyholders seem to be breathing a little easier in recent months. A poll by Florida Atlantic University...
#13 Old Republic Upheld in Asset Transfer of Bankrupt Florida Title Insurer Subsidiary
Nov 26 2025 // Old Republic National Title Insurance Co., one of the largest title insurers in Florida, did not fraudulently transfer assets from a bankrupt subsidiary, and the bankruptcy court did not err in excluding an expert’s...
#14 Florida OIR to Host its Own Insurance Summit in April With Regulators, Industry Leaders
Dec 10 2025 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will host its own insurance summit in April, calling it a chance to hear from industry professionals and regulators, Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky announced this...
#15 Florida Judge Orders Citizens’ Arbitration to Continue, Clashing With Other Order
Nov 20 2025 // The legal battle over Florida’s property insurer of last resort’s use of a state agency to hear claims disputes in arbitration took new turns this week, prompting one policyholder attorney to note that a move...
#16 People: Alliant Adds Simokonis to Florida Team, Sunstar Names Romero CAO
Nov 21 2025 // Simokonis Alliant Insurance Services, headquartered in Irvine, California, hired Tim Simokonis as senior vice president within its Employee Benefits Group in the Southeast. The Florida-based consultant will serve a...
#17 Florida-Based Neptune Reports $11.5M Q3 Profit After IPO
Nov 17 2025 // Two months after its initial public offering raised more than $368 million, Neptune Insurance Holdings Inc. reported a lucrative third quarter, despite a slight dip in net income. Q3 net income for the St. Petersburg,...
#18 White House Plan Targets Florida, West for Coastal Oil Drilling
Nov 21 2025 // The Trump administration is proposing to open new areas off of California, Florida and Alaska to crude drilling as part of a draft blueprint released Thursday that would dramatically expand the sale of oil and natural gas...
#19 CSMV Underwriting Launches in Florida: Part Brokerage, Part Program Manager
Dec 9 2025 // After seeing some of the frustration that insurance agents run into, the head of a well-known south Florida agency has launched a hybrid vehicle – part brokerage and part program manager. CSMV Underwriting Managers,...
#20 Florida Republicans Urge Trump to Back Off Offshore Drilling
Dec 8 2025 // Florida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling for the first time in decades off the state’s coast. A letter signed...
