In the next year or so, the Florida Supreme Court will decide on the exact meaning of a legal doctrine that, under one interpretation, has blocked millions of dollars per year in subrogation recovery for liability insurance companies. The 11th …
Surplus lines in Florida saw a huge increase in premium, policy count and new business for February compared to the same month last year, a spike in growth that the Florida Surplus Lines Service Office called “monumental” and “eye-popping.” The …
The latest trial over claims that Johnson & Johnson’s talc products cause cancer ended in a mistrial on Tuesday, as a Florida state court jury said it could not agree on a verdict. The lawsuit was brought by Bob Sugarman, …
Former North Carolina insurance and business mogul Greg Lindberg has lost an appeal on whether one of his companies can delay the liquidation of two of his troubled life insurance carriers. North Carolina Insurance Mike Causey said the March 5 …
Florida’s so-called “stop woke act,” championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, violates businesses’ and employees’ First Amendment free speech rights, a federal appeals court ruled Monday in striking down the 2022 law. “This law, as Florida concedes, draws its distinctions based …
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Moments before the deadly crash of a charter jet on a Florida highway, three warnings about oil pressure problems in its two engines sounded, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report Tuesday. …
The head of two property insurance companies set to enter the Florida market this year is warning state lawmakers that bills that would limit some policy cancellations and nonrenewals after storm damage could do more harm than good. “It absolutely …
A Florida woman who says she was struck and dragged by a New York City bus and left partially paralyzed has been awarded $72.5 million in her lawsuit against the city’s transit agency. A city jury found in favor of …
A global risk advisory firm has beefed up its actuarial muscle with the acquisition of Madison Consulting Group, based in Madison, Georgia, and Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. FTI Consulting, which recently released its own annual report on mergers and acquisitions in …
Georgia’s largest county is still repairing damage inflicted on its government a month ago by hackers who shut down office phone lines, left clerks unable to issue vehicle registrations or marriage licenses and threatened to publicly release sensitive data they …
