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		<title>Floridians Saved Almost $3B on HO and Auto Premiums Last Year, Actuarial Report Finds</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/09/03/883834.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[107720]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2022 Florida legislative reforms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida property insurance crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance defense costs and containment]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Average homeowner insurance rates in Florida did not decline in 2025, but they increased less than 1%, down sharply from the double-digit average increases seen in 2022 and 2023. And auto insurance rates in the state did fall—by 4.1% last &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Judge Cans Investment Funds&#8217; Lawsuit vs. Lighthouse Insurance Exec</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/09/03/883772.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida and Louisiana insurance regulators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fortinbras Enterprises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howden Tiger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insolvencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance executives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rehabilitation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Florida judge this week effectively dismissed a lawsuit brought by private equity firms who charged that Lighthouse Property Insurance executives misled investors about the extent of losses from Hurricane Ida in 2021. By entering into a 2021 note purchase &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Citizens Awards Commercial Clearinghouse Management to Bridge Specialty</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/09/02/883697.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridge Specialty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens takeouts in Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial clearinghouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Citizens depopulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corp.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R-T Specialty LLC (RT Specialty)]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Despite months of lobbying and significant political campaign contributions by Ryan Turner Specialty brokerage, the winning bid for management of part of a Florida Citizens Property Insurance commercial clearinghouse has been awarded to another brokerage. At a meeting Tuesday, Citizens &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Carnival Cruise Line Wins New Trial After $10M Verdict in Sex Assault Suit</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/27/883149.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnival Cruise lines assault claims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruise line litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruise lines liability insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear verdicts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sexual assault negligence lawsuits]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Carnival Cruise Line, long the subject of lawsuits accusing its crew members of unwanted sexual advances on passengers, has won a new trial in a case in which a Florida jury awarded $10.3 million to a young woman who said &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How One Florida Gas Station Worker Allegedly Defrauded Progressive of $44,700</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/25/882780.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto insurance fraud in Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraudulent insurance applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refunds on unpaid premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staged accidents]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[For more than a year, a 31-year-old Fort Lauderdale gas station attendant was able to defraud Progressive Insurance of more than $44,700 before the insurer and state authorities caught up with him, according to an arrest affidavit. The scheme worked &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kentucky High Court Recalculates Employer Attorney Fees, Recovery in Subrogation</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/25/882703.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial general liability coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coverage for alleged child sexual abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[day care center liability insurance coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kentucky Supreme Court insurance case law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional liability insurance coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WC news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' compensation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A preschool&#8217;s insurance carrier is partly obligated to defend a child abuse negligence suit, despite alleged criminal acts. And an employer&#8217;s share of attorney fees must be deducted from the amount available from subrogation—not from the full settlement amount in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>State Farm Must Give Up Trade Secrets in Claims Lawsuits, but Under Court Review</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/19/882071.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[107720]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[field adjusters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeowners insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Lines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racketeering charges against insurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roof claims]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Alabama Supreme Court has opened the window a little wider into insurance carriers&#8217; claims-handling procedures, not only requiring them to be made available in some lawsuits but also to be shared with plaintiffs&#8217; lawyers in similar litigation. The high &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Challenged Man Took the Fall for a Crash but Amended Complaint Came Too Late</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/17/881660.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dram shop laws in Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida appeals court decisions in insurance law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kopel v. Kopel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liquor liability lawsuits]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[For an establishment to be sued on liquor liability grounds in Florida, plaintiffs must show that the bartender knew the over-served, drunken driver was an addict. The plaintiffs also cannot expect to prevail if an amended complaint—naming a different driver—is &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Seven People Charged in $100M Workers&#8217; Compensation Fraud Operation in Florida</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/14/881604.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cash payments to workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P&C Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[south Florida fraud investigations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[underreporting payroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WC news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' compensation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[After a years-long investigation involving state and local law enforcement teams, Florida authorities have charged seven people in a $100 million workers&#8217; compensation payroll scheme that paid workers in cash and defrauded insurers of premiums. &#8220;This criminal enterprise systematically exploited &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lindberg&#8217;s Right-Hand Man Sentenced to Two Years After Cooperating With Prosecutors</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/14/881466.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial fraud schemes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Lindberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lindberg's alleged skimming of reserves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southland National Insurance Corp.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southland National Reinsurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Almost four years after he pleaded guilty, the top associate to convicted briber, insurance entrepreneur and fraudster Greg Lindberg has been sentenced to two years in prison. Christopher Herwig, who was chief investment officer for Lindberg&#8217;s Eli Global and other &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brown &#038; Brown EVP and Retail Head Steps Down With $2.5M Severance Pay</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/12/881238.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agents & Brokers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new competition in Florida market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poaching wars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pressure on brokerages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publicly traded companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soft market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talent wars in brokerages]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Brown &#38; Brown&#8217;s executive vice president and grandson of the brokerage&#8217;s founder has resigned, marking another turning point in what may prove to be one of the most turbulent periods in the 87-year-old company&#8217;s history. P. Barrett Brown, younger brother &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Massachusetts High Court Says Mag Mutual Must Defend Doctor Accused of Stalking</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/08/12/881165.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[107720]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts plastic surgeon was suspended by the state Board of Medicine in 2020 for allegedly stalking and harassing a former patient—a patient who happened to be a former girlfriend. A complaint filed with the Board by the woman&#8217;s husband &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Taylor Farms, Taco Bell Face Multiple Lawsuits Over Cyclospora Outbreak</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/08/11/881053.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 15:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[107720]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyclosporiasis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Directors & Officers (D&O)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food contamination lawsuits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Liability]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Multiple proposed class-action lawsuits have been filed over the nationwide cyclospora outbreak, blaming Taco Bell and Taylor Farms for selling contaminated lettuce that has sickened thousands and led to two deaths. At least two of the lawsuits are in federal &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lawsuit Not Allowed for Heat-Stricken Worker Despite Previous Death, NC Court Says</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/11/880965.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm workers' heat exposure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers' liability insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat stroke injuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illegal immigrants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[migrant workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Industrial Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WC news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' compensation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[One farm worker died from heat exposure in 2020, resulting in a fine and citation from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Two years later, the employer failed to follow its remedial safety guidelines for heat exposure, failed to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida-Based Heritage Continues to Shed Policies as Earnings Soar</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/10/880894.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida property insurance crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[net income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publicly traded insurance companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quarterly earnings reports for property insurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[softening insurance market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategic underwriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[underwriting discipline]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[While a number of Florida-domiciled property insurers have begun rebuilding their policy portfolios in the last 12 months, Tampa-based Heritage Insurance has continued to shed policies in recent years. The selective underwriting strategy, along with other changes, appears to have &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alabama Courthouse Workers Smelled a Rat. Court Must Decide if Insurer Defends Suit</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/10/880785.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[107720]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama Association of Counties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courthouse maintenance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[duty to defend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[municipal insurance pools]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A group of 32 county workers in Greene County, Alabama, became so fed up with what they said were rats, faulty air-conditioning and a leaky roof at the county courthouse that they sued their county commissioners in 2020. The workers &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jury Finds No Malpractice by NY Law Firm in Patriot National Downfall</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/07/880734.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 15:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guarantee Insurance workers' compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[initial public offerings by Florida insurance companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insolvencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurtech firms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patriot National bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PIPE transactions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WC news]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Broward County jury on Thursday exonerated the Simpson Thacher &#38; Bartlett law firm, finding the large New York firm&#8217;s lawyers were not negligent in the downfall of Patriot National, the Florida insurance services firm that went bankrupt a decade &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2,900 Required Condo Inspections Were Never Completed, Florida Report Finds</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/06/880473.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[107720]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condo associations insurance rates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condominium insurance market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida commercial residential property insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surfside condo collapse]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Four years after Florida lawmakers ordered condominium buildings to be inspected regularly in the wake of the deadly Surfside collapse, a state report shows that more than 8,700 buildings have now been inspected. About 900 of those properties sought building &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida&#8217;s Edison Files for 9.8% Average Residential Rate Drop</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/08/04/880189.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coastal insurance coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida property insurance crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida property insurance reforms 2022]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HO-3 policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets/Coverages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P&C Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quarterly data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rate decreases in Florida market]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Boca Raton-based Edison Insurance Co., now with more than 145,000 policies in force, has joined the list of Florida property insurers filing for rate decreases this year, three years after state lawmakers approved significant disincentives for claims litigation. Edison recently &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Product-Defect Presumption Lives On: Florida Appeals Court Upholds $103M vs. Ford</title>
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					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 05:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Florida appeals court has upheld a $103 million jury award against Ford Motor Co. after a modified Ford Mustang exploded in 2017 and left the owner with severe burns over much of his body. The appeal was centered on &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Experts in Lockheed Pollution Suit Used Unreliable Methods, Appeals Court Says</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/07/30/879603.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin Corp. won a major legal victory in May when a Florida jury found that plaintiffs had failed to prove that the defense and aerospace giant had polluted groundwater around its Orlando manufacturing site and caused disease in nearby &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida&#8217;s Universal Basking in the Sunshine of Legislative Changes</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/07/30/879547.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[2022 Florida legislative reforms]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Universal Property &#38; Casualty Insurance Co., now Florida&#8217;s second-largest property insurer behind only State Farm Florida, continues to rebound from the dark days of Florida&#8217;s insurance crisis, with new policies, higher profits and an improved combined ratio. CEO Stephen Donaghy &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>After 55 Years in Florida Insurance, Tom Lynch Reflects on Agencies, Changes Needed</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/07/29/879406.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[challenges in the Florida property insurance market]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Over the last half-century as an insurance agency owner in south Florida, Tom Lynch has seen the ups and downs of the state&#8217;s property-casualty insurance market, from the rise of direct-to-consumer policies, to spiking premiums for homeowners and a statewide &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Great American Escapes Coverage for Grocery&#8217;s Opioid Litigation Settlement</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/07/29/879445.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 05:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Great American Insurance Group is off the hook for a chunk of a grocery chain&#8217;s $1.4 billion settlement in opioid litigation, a North Carolina court found in a case that hinged on the wording of the settlement and the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can Captive&#8217;s Hands-On Vetting of Bars Provide Answer to SC Liquor Liability Crisis?</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/07/28/878876.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[commercial liability coverage]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[For almost eight years now, South Carolina bars, restaurants and music venues have faced a sobering situation brought on by a 2018 state law that requires at least $1 million in liquor liability coverage: Pay unaffordable premiums or shut their &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hispanic Neighborhoods in Florida Pay Much Higher Premiums, Consumer Group Says</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/07/27/879023.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 05:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[capital investment in Florida insurance market]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Florida&#8217;s top insurance regulator and some insurance producers, including the former president of the Latin American Association of Insurance Agents, are questioning a report that suggests policyholders in Hispanic neighborhoods in the state pay much higher premiums. &#8220;While we acknowledge &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Appeals Court Strikes Jury&#8217;s $335,000 Award in Universal Plumbing Claim</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/07/23/878781.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACV vs. RCV in insurance policies]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[One of Florida&#8217;s largest property insurers won a major victory Wednesday from an appeals court, which found that a jury&#8217;s $335,000 award in a claims dispute over plumbing damages was far out of line with the evidence. &#8220;The verdict was &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida&#8217;s Share of Claims Lawsuits Now About Half of 2020 Numbers, Data Show</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/07/22/878610.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[At the height of the Florida property insurance crisis in the early 2020s, one statistic seemed to galvanize the movement for reforming the state&#8217;s insurance claims litigation statutes: Floridians had produced about 9% of all homeowners&#8217; claims in the U.S. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Man Charged With $159,000 in Fraudulent Insurance Claims</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/07/17/878072.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A central Florida man who has been cited for numerous traffic violations and who was once sued by State Farm in an auto accident subrogation case, has been charged with submitting more than $159,000 in fraudulent health insurance claims. Two &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Despite 2024 Ruling, Appeals Court Won&#8217;t Budge in Golden Corral COVID Case</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/07/16/877911.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[business interruption insurance in COVID]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Supreme Court in 2024 famously bucked the trend on COVID-19 business-interruption coverage, finding that an insurer owed coverage to a restaurant that was forced to close during the pandemic. But that ruling is not enough to overturn &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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