Southeast News for October 2022
- Universal P&C Posts $72 Million Loss, But Says it’s Well-Covered with Reinsurance
- Investment Advisor Sentenced in Fraud that Added To NC Mutual’s Troubles
- Lawyer Who Fought Florida Helmet Laws Died in Crash Without Helmet
- Hurricane Ian’s Lucrative Cleanup Deals Generating New Tempests
- Miami Beach Condo Evacuated After Cracks Worsen in Support Beams
- Brown & Brown’s Q3 Earnings Fail to Meet Analysts’ Expectations
- Florida Cat Fund May Borrow Billions Next Year, Even Without Another Storm
- Kentucky Army Base Fighting Fire that Started in Training Area
- Lindberg Owes Penalties for Failing to Report Foreign Accounts, IRS Says in New Filing
- Carolina Company CFO Ordered to Pay Restitution to Insurer in $2 Million Embezzlement
- AmTrust Acquires Mid-Market Book from DUAL
- Fagan to Replace Koscielny at Florida Peninsula Insurance
- Skydiver Dies in Hard Landing at Tennessee High School Pregame Jump
- Florida High Court: Settlement Stands, Even Though Comp Insurer Named on Check
- Sentence Upheld for Tenn. Trial Lawyer Who Said Football Brain Injuries Led to Misdeeds
- With Less Reinsurance for Reinsurers, Prices Set to Rise Again for Florida Carriers
- Few Insurers Offer Input on Future of the Federal Home Loan Bank System
- Hurricane Ian Came at the Worst Possible Time for SW Florida Agriculture
- Tennessee Tech Develops Low-cost Sensors to Help Detect Flooding
- Florida Offering $5 Million to Help Needy Hurricane Victims Pay Insurance Deductibles
- Florida Sees Rise in Flesh-Eating Bacteria Amid Ian Flooding and Destruction
- Florida Governor Plans to Call Second Special Session to Tackle Insurance Crisis
- Hotaling Insurance Services Merges with Florida’s Akumen Insurance
- Choice Financial Acquires Georgia Pines; Hilb Adds Allegacy Unit
- People Moves: One Call Names Perez CFO
- Crist’s Claim of Cutting Insurance Rates ‘Mostly True,’ Politifact Says
- Florida CFO Calls for Ban on Assignments of Benefits, Limits on Public Adjusters
- Report: Hurricane Ian Farm Loss Could Reach $1.56 Billion
- Worker Admits Dumping Industrial Waste into Jackson, Mississippi Sewer System
- Georgia Agency Partners Joins Up with SecureRisk, Forming Large U.S. Partnership
- Search for Answers Begins After Small Plane Hits House in South Florida
- Farm Bureau Must Defend Insured in Deadly Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Carolina
- Requiring Citizens’ Policyholders to Also Buy Flood Insurance Could Address Problems
- Tennessee to Vote on ‘Right-to-Work’ Constitutional Amendment
- One Killed, Two Injured After Falling into Grain Storage Bin in Mississippi
- South Carolina Approves Cut in Credit Property Insurance Rates
- Georgia County Officials Charged with Civil Rights Violations in Firing of Workers
- Lessons from Hurricane Michael Being Applied to Ian Recovery in SW Florida
- Florida Building Codes Made a Big Difference for Newer Homes in Ian, Reports Show
- Judge Dismisses Florida Racketeering Lawsuit Against United P&C
- Oldest Black-Owned Insurance Company Goes Quietly into Liquidation
- Alcon, J&J Agree to Settle Contact Lens Price-Fixing Suit for $75 Million
- Georgia Auto Rates Top Issue in Insurance Commissioner Race
- Universal Predicts $1B in Losses from Ian; HCI’s Wind Exposure Less than Irma’s
- Florida Shrimpers Lost Boats, Homes in Surge; Hope to Get Battered Fleet Back to Sea
- Search for Victims Done, Florida Coast Begins Recovery from Storm
- People Moves: Duffey at RPS, Drumwright at Starke Agency
- Ian Claims in Florida Topping 449,000 So Far, But Many More Expected
- Alligators, Broken Infrastructure, Wreckage Greet Claims Adjusters in SW Florida
- Insurers’ Claims Investigation Work Product Protected After Alabama High Court Ruling
- People Moves: Smith Named President of BoMont Group in Alabama
- Ending Florida Agency Led to More Development, Losses in Ian, Report Says
- Update: AM Best Says Tower Hill Prime Faces Surplus, Capital Problems
- Florida Citrus Industry Squeezed by Hurricane Ian; Crop Insurance to Cover Some Losses
- Comp Insurer Antum Risk to Study Hospital Violence in South Carolina
- Florida Comp Workshop on Physician Dispensing Rules Moved to November
- After Historic Highs This Year, Housing Prices Moderating in Miami Area
- After Ian Swamped His Office and Home, Florida Insurance Agent Picking Up the Pieces
- ‘Weston’s Law’ on Elevator Safety in Vacation Homes Takes Effect in North Carolina
- Former Kentucky Lawmaker Sentenced to Prison in Fraud Case
- Most Habitable Homes in Florida Should Get Power Restored by End of Week, FPL Says
- NFIP Now Providing Advance Payments for Flooded Policyholders Who Apply
- Will Ian Consume Florida Cat Fund, Forcing More Back-Breaking Reinsurance?
- Hub Acquires Kentucky’s Peel & Holland
- Alabama Congressional Aide Indicted on Insurance Fraud Charges
- In Ian’s Wake, Dangers Worsen in Parts of Florida
- Mississippi to Get $221M to Address Flood Risks
- Global Claims Services Appoints Matthews as Chief Executive Officer
- Ian Again Shows the Risks and Costs of Living on Barrier Islands
- Analysis Shows Climate Change Increased Ian’s Rainfall Amounts by 10%
- Video Shows Ian Storm Surge Devastated Part of Florida; Losses Mounting
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