Best Read Florida Headlines
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#1 The 2023 Hurricane Season: Are Insurers Prepared for the Growing Risks?
Jun 2 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. As the 2023 Hurricane Season approaches, it is crucial for coastal and inland communities alike to understand and prepare for the potential risks associated with...
#2 Mystery on Why Two Pesticide Workers Died After Fumigating Florida Warehouse
Apr 27 2023 // South Florida authorities are still investigating after two pesticide workers died and a third was hospitalized after fumigating a Pompano Beach warehouse. The three workers sprayed the Baer’s Furniture Warehouse...
#3 Insurance Journal, Carrier Management & Claims Journal Staffs Win Awards of Excellence
May 17 2023 // Wells Media Group publications, online, research and podcasts have won a total of nine 2023 Azbee Awards of Excellence from the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). “Being recognized by our...
#4 AmWins Connects Says it Has Expanded to Florida Market
Sep 21 2022 // Amwins Connect, a national general agency that offers health and ancillary insurance solutions to benefits brokers, said it has expanded into the Florida market. The agency assists brokers with sales, renewals,...
#5 Florida House Approves Historic Insurance Reforms, Sending Bill to Governor
Dec 15 2022 // One day after the Florida Senate approved a landmark revision to Florida’s property insurance rules, the House followed suit, perhaps bringing to a close an era of surging claims litigation, insurer insolvencies and...
#6 DCA Can’t Prohibit Lower Court Ruling, Florida Justices Decide in Insurance Case
Aug 26 2022 // Claim Was Settled, But Insurer Attorneys Revealed Mediation Info, Claimants’ Lawyer Says An appeals court cannot be used to prohibit a lower court’s decisions, except through the normal appeal process, the...
#7 Ransomware Outbreak Hits US and European Universities, Florida Supreme Court
Feb 7 2023 // A global ransomware outbreak has scrambled servers belonging to Florida’s Supreme Court and several universities in the United States and Central Europe, according to a Reuters analysis of ransom notes posted online...
#8 Keys Staffing Firm Owner Gets 32 Months for Illegal Worker Tax Violations
Jun 7 2023 // The owner of several Key West staffing companies is on his way to prison after a federal judge sentenced him to more than two years for hiring unauthorized alien workers and failing to pay taxes on their wages. Batyr...
#9 How Fraud Probe for Florida’s Guarantee Insurance Led to Payroll, Tax Convictions
Sep 14 2022 // The name Guarantee Insurance is not one that is likely to be recalled with fondness by many Floridians. The workers’ compensation carrier in 2017 was declared insolvent, a rarity in what is one of the most profitable...
#10 Climate Change and Homeowners’ Insurance Are on a Collision Course
Jun 9 2023 // A summer that has already seen water crises and wildfire smoke is rapidly becoming an inflection point in the pitched battle between climate change and the price of homeowners’ insurance in the US. American...
#11 Doctors, Insurers Clash on Florida Workers’ Comp Physician Dispensing Rules
Jan 17 2023 // Physician dispensing of medications has long been a flash point in workers’ compensation insurance, with at least 22 states regulating or restricting the practice. Florida is no exception to the controversy, and...
#12 Former Florida Commissioner Warns Officials Not to Shoot the Demotech Messenger
Sep 9 2022 // Former Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty is criticizing current state regulators over their recent digs at the Demotech financial rating firm, after Demotech warned it would downgrade more than a dozen property...
#13 Ahem, Florida Lawmakers: State Insurance Market Badly Needs an Oil Change
Nov 7 2022 // As the Florida Legislature prepares for its 2nd Special Session on property insurance in 2022, it’s time we examine why our market sputtered out of control and discuss the necessary solutions to fix it. Many...
#14 Demotech Likely Won’t Rate Any New Florida Insurers, Petrelli Says
Dec 5 2022 // The head of the Demotech insurance rating firm said the company likely won’t take on new clients in Florida, due to the turbulent insurance market and an outcry from state officials last summer. The Business Observer...
#15 It’s Time to Roll up Our Sleeves and Rebuild the Florida Insurance Market
May 10 2023 // With the Florida legislative changes passed in December – prohibiting assignments of benefits and one-way attorney fees – there is now an opportunity to change the dynamic in Florida and create a more stable...
#16 Florida Cities Crushed by Ian Face Highest Borrowing Costs in Decade
Oct 4 2022 // Florida cities looking to rebuild from the devastation of Hurricane Ian will be financing their efforts during the worst environment for municipal borrowing in more than a decade. Washed-out roads and bridges are only the...
#17 Florida Approves New WC Rule: Carriers Must Verify Subcontractor Employees
Feb 1 2023 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has laid down the law, requiring Florida workers’ compensation insurers to verify employees before arbitrarily charging premium for subcontractors’ exempt...
#18 Florida Lobbying Firm Hires Altmaier as Lobbyist and Consultant
Mar 16 2023 // Former Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has been hired as a lobbyist and consultant by one of the largest and most influential lobbying firms in the state, The Southern Group, the company announced. The...
#19 Few Florida Carriers Filed for Arbitration in 2022, But It’s Coming, Attorneys Say
Jan 26 2023 // After American Integrity Insurance Co. filed for a binding arbitration endorsement on homeowner policies one year ago, many in the industry expected a wave of other insurers to follow suit as claims litigation costs...
#20 Florida Chamber Summit Panelists Confident Lawmakers will Stem Attorney Fees
Dec 7 2022 // If Florida lawmakers had any doubts about what reforms they need to consider at next week’s special legislative session, the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s Insurance Summit on Tuesday provided plenty of...
