17 Florida Sheriff’s Deputies Charged with Stealing $500,000 in Pandemic Relief Funds October 17, 2023 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Seventeen Florida sheriff`s deputies appeared in court on charges that they stole about half a...
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s Sentenced Reduced, Due to Guidelines October 17, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A federal judge has trimmed nine months off former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck’s prison sentence for embezzlement, not because...
1 Global Capital CEO Pleads to Using Investor $ for Cars, Artwork Insurance October 17, 2023 MIAMI (AP) — A Florida executive whose family business once owned Playgirl magazine is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to...
NFP Acquires Florida Broker October 17, 2023 Global insurance broker NFP announced it has acquired Benefits & Co., the Florida benefits business of Clearscope, a benefits services...
Filing a Day Late Leaves Insurer Short Under Mississippi’s Statute of Limitations October 17, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer misunderstood when a three-year statute of limitations begins in dismissing the...
Florida Citrus Forecast Improves Over Last Year When Hurricanes Hit State October 16, 2023 The forecast for Florida citrus, the state’s signature crop, is expected to improve in the upcoming season compared to last...
Catastrophe Bond Market Defies Global Selloff With Record Returns October 16, 2023 By Gautam Naik As bond markets everywhere get battered by a cocktail of higher interest rates, deficit angst and hawkish central bankers, one...
Slide Assumes 86,000 Farmers Policies in Florida, Offers Appointments to Agents October 16, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Tampa-based Slide Insurance, which has made a practice of assuming Florida policies from other insurers in the last two years,...
Mississippi Sheriff Claims Immunity to Federal Lawsuit Over Torture of Black Men October 16, 2023 By Michael Goldberg The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal...
Florida Supreme Court Declines to Rehear Med Mal Case that Changed Rule on Experts October 13, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday declined to rehear a medical malpractice case that has made it easier for insurers...