Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kin Insurance Launches Landlord Insurance in Florida Market
Feb 11 2021 // Kin, an insurance technology company, has launched its landlord insurance plans in the Florida market. Kin’s landlord insurance applies to property owners who rent out their detached homes and townhouses. It also...
Hacker Breaches Florida Treatment Plant Software, Tries to Taint Water
Feb 10 2021 // A hacker gained unauthorized entry into a remote access software system shared by workers at a Florida city’s water treatment plant in an unsuccessful attempt to fill the water supply with a potentially harmful...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Air-Sur of Florida
Feb 10 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Ormond Beach, Fla.-based Air-Sur, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1976, Air-Sur is a retail insurance broker serving clients in the aviation and...
Florida Peninsula Adds King as Director of Customer Experience
Feb 8 2021 // The Florida Peninsula Insurance family of companies has hired Mindy King as the company’s director of Customer Experience. This is a new role at Florida Peninsula, which will be focused on building customer...
Unlicensed Florida Agent Arrested Over Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
Feb 5 2021 // A Florida woman allegedly acting as an insurance agent without a license was arrested last month after an investigation by the Florida Department of Financial Services Bureau of Insurance Fraud. According to a statement...
Colonial Claims Acquires Premier Adjusting and Catastrophe Services of Florida
Feb 3 2021 // Colonial Claims LLC, a nationwide independent insurance claims service companies, has acquired Tampa area business Premier Adjusting and Catastrophe Services, Inc., a first and third-party claims handler for residential...
Florida Condo Association Sues Resident for Feeding Stray Cat
Feb 3 2021 // A condominium association in Florida is suing a 78-year-old woman over the feeding of a stray cat. A lawsuit filed earlier this month in Tampa accuses Joan P. Hussey of breaking the rules by attracting and feeding...
Newly-Formed K2-Backed Exchange to Offer Coverage for Mobile Homeowners in Florida
Feb 2 2021 // Insurance services holding company K2 Insurance Services and New York based private equity firm Lee Equity Partners have formed American Mobile Insurance Exchange (AMIE), a reciprocal exchange that will seek to insure...
Tornado Hits Florida’s Capital City; Damages, Closes Airport
Jan 29 2021 // A tornado touched down near the airport in Florida’s capital city Wednesday, flipping at least one small plane over and knocking out weather radar before moving east into residential neighborhoods, the National...
Florida’s Citizens Seeks to Stem Flow of New Policies with Drastic Rate Changes
Jan 28 2021 // After holding off on approving its 2021 rates last month, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors has approved rate recommendations that the insurer says will make its rates more competitive with...
Florida Introduces Bill to Protect Businesses from COVID-19 Lawsuits
Jan 27 2021 // Florida businesses would be protected from coronavirus lawsuits if they made a good effort to follow state-issued guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19 under a proposal approved Monday at its first Senate committee...
Purmort & Martin Insurance Agency Acquires Jeff DeJongh & Associates of Florida
Jan 27 2021 // Sarasota, Fla.-based Purmort & Martin Insurance Agency, a locally owned insurance agency, has acquired Jeff DeJongh and Associates to further expand its presence in the region. Located in Sarasota, Fla., Jeff DeJongh...
Real Estate Developer The St. Joe Co. Forms Watersound Insurance Agency in Florida
Jan 26 2021 // The St. Joe Company, a Northwest Florida-based real estate developer and asset manager, has formed Watersound Insurance Agency, LLC, a new venture offering personal and commercial insurance services in Northwest Florida....
Keeping Up with Changes in Florida’s Growing Private Flood Market
Jan 25 2021 // Flooding is America’s number one natural disaster and as the highest “at risk” state in the country, Florida is the epicenter for all things flood insurance. Since 1968, when procuring flood insurance,...
Florida’s Citizens Ends Moratorium on Cancellations, Nonrenewals
Jan 25 2021 // After extending the moratorium on cancellations and nonrenewals put into place at the start of the pandemic, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has announced it will resume processing these as of Feb. 1, 2021. The Florida...
The Villages Insurance Partners of Florida Adds Allstate Agent Sheats
Jan 21 2021 // The Villages Insurance Partners of Florida has added Alexis Ball-Sheats to its team of Personal Lines Risk Consultants. Ball-Sheats will be one of three licensed risk consultants at the agency’s Mulberry Grove...
Florida’s Property Insurance Market Is ‘Spiraling Towards Collapse’ Due to Litigation: Report
Jan 20 2021 // Florida’s property insurance market is “spiraling towards collapse” and requires immediate attention if there is any chance of protecting the market, consumers, and ultimately, the state’s economy,...
Florida’s Citizens Ends Moratorium on Cancellations, Nonrenewals
Jan 14 2021 // After extending the moratorium on cancellations and nonrenewals put into place at the start of the pandemic, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has announced it will resume processing these as of Feb. 1, 2021. The Florida...
Delivery Driver Killed in Drywall Accident at Florida Home Depot
Jan 13 2021 // A delivery driver was killed Sunday night when a load of construction materials fell on him at a Home Depot store in Florida, police said. News outlets report that a load of drywall struck 47-year-old Cyrenus Leroy Amon...
Fitch: Florida Homeowners’ Insurers Performance Deterioration Continues
Jan 13 2021 // Florida homeowners’ insurance specialists are reporting continued performance deterioration and a decline in capitalization levels, despite the most severe losses from the record 2020 hurricane season occurring...
