Latest Florida Headlines
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Police Searching for Suspect in Deadly Florida Mall Shooting
Dec 26 2023 // OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in central Florida issued an arrest warrant Sunday for a 39-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man at a shopping mall two days before Christmas in which police say the...
Viewpoint: Florida High Court Tapped Brakes On Dangerous Instrumentality Liability
Dec 26 2023 // Floridians concerned about liability when sharing their automobiles with children or friends can relax a bit after the Florida Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the state’s long-standing dangerous...
Risk Strategies Buys Florida-based Setnor Byer Brokerage
Dec 22 2023 // Risk Strategies, a specialty insurance brokerage, has acquired Setnor, Byer, Boganoff Inc., which does business as Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk, a Fort Lauderdale-area brokerage and risk management firm. Terms of the...
What is ‘Incurred Cost’ in Insurance Policy? Florida Appeals Court Weighs in
Dec 22 2023 // Property insurance contracts often contain provisions requiring insureds to “incur” costs before insurance companies issue payments. For example, “ordinance or law” provisions provide “you may...
Novo Nordisk Sues Florida Pharmacies After Finding Impurity in Compounded Wegovy
Dec 21 2023 // (Reuters) – Novo Nordisk has sued one compounding pharmacy and refiled a lawsuit against another after finding their products claiming to contain the active ingredient for its in-demand weight-loss drug Wegovy were...
30 Florida Counties Join Suit Against Tax-Bill-Based Home Hardening Program
Dec 21 2023 // Tax collectors in more than 30 Florida counties have joined a lawsuit against a home-hardening and energy efficiency program, arguing that it misleads homeowners and saddles them with huge property tax bills. The Florida...
Gas Eyed as Source of South Florida House Explosion That Injured 4
Dec 20 2023 // WEST PARK, Fla. (AP) — Four people were injured in an explosion early Tuesday that severely damaged a Florida house, authorities said. Investigators were focused on gas as the possible cause. The Broward Sheriff`s...
Bird Global, Which Started the Scooter Craze, Files for Bankruptcy in Florida
Dec 20 2023 // (Bloomberg) — Bird Global Inc., the company that put electric scooters onto the sidewalks of major cities, filed for bankruptcy with a plan to sell itself two years after raising $414 million from shareholders. The...
Parkland Deputy’s Legal Team Says He had No Duty to Confront Gunman
Dec 20 2023 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida sheriff`s deputy is claiming he had no legal duty to confront the gunman who murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others at Parkland`s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...
Parts of South Carolina and Florida Recovering after Flooding, Winds
Dec 19 2023 // GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — An intense late-year storm barreled up the East Coast on Sunday with heavy rains and strong winds that shattered rainfall records, forced water rescues from flooded streets and washed out...
Florida Court Rulings, Legislation Could Impact Insurers’ Claims Practices
Dec 19 2023 // Recent Florida legislation that has limited plaintiffs’ attorney fees and has raised the bar for bringing bad-faith claims against insurers appears to have already had an impact on the level of claims litigation in...
Florida Judge Slams Universal for ‘Stonewalling,’ Demands Answers From Company
Dec 19 2023 // Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. officials are discounting the significance of recent Florida judges’ rulings that have slammed the company for violating court orders, have forced Universal to default...
Hurricane Season May be Over, but High Winds Still Lashing South Florida
Dec 18 2023 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It’s beginning to look at lot like … hurricane season — at least across much of South Florida, where it’s been windy and rainy for two days and the forecast...
Are Billions in Wind Mitigation the Answer for Florida’s Insurance Problems?
Dec 18 2023 // While Florida’s property insurance landscape appears to be leveling out, much more funding is needed to fortify homes against hurricane winds and prevent devastating losses for insureds and insurers, a few panelists...
From Litigation to Capital, Florida Insurance Market Improving, Panelists Say
Dec 18 2023 // The Florida property and casualty insurance market is not out of the woods but it is showing signs of progress, from litigation trends to capital investments in the state, according to almost two dozen people who spoke at...
Tesla Autopilot Recall Threatens Its Defense in Lawsuits Over Crashes
Dec 15 2023 // Tesla Inc.’s biggest vehicle recall ever threatens to hurt the company’s defense in several high-profile lawsuits it faces over crashes linked to Autopilot. The automaker’s recall of 2 million cars comes...
A Year After Florida Adjusters Dropped a Bomb, They’ve Heard Little and Now Want Investigators Fired
Dec 14 2023 // One year ago, three independent claims adjusters stood before the Florida House Commerce Committee and charged that several insurance companies had frequently and misleadingly altered their damage estimates on wind...
KBRA: Florida Insurers Got Creative in 2023 but Higher Reinsurance, Storms Coming
Dec 13 2023 // Things are looking up in the buffeted Florida market, but reinsurance rates will continue to rise for the next two years, and a 2024 hurricane season could be busy. It all suggests that property insurers will continue to...
Former Florida Adjuster Sentenced to Five Years in Robbing of Tampa Drug Dealers
Dec 13 2023 // A former Florida claims adjuster has been sentenced to five years in prison and three years of probation for her role in a scheme to rob alleged drug dealers in the Tampa area. Jasmine Weber, 28, of Tampa, a former...
Florida Trial Lawyer State Rep Offers Condo ACV Bill as a Solution to Costs
Dec 12 2023 // A bill introduced by a Democrat and trial attorney would take a step toward something that property insurers have longed for in recent years – actual cash value coverage on roofs, at least condominium roofs. State Rep....
