Articles by Amy O'Connor

O'Connor is the Southeast editor for Insurance Journal and associate editor of MyNewMarkets.com.

Report: Jackson, Mississippi Tops List of Windiest Cities

Jackson, Miss., is the windiest city in America, according to catastrophe modeling firm CoreLogic’s rankings of the windiest cities in the country, released in October. The CoreLogic Windy City Ranking report, which provides a national ranking of the nation’s windiest …

Best Agency to Work For – Southeast

Celedinas Insurance Group – Providing a Personal Touch From the Top Ray Celedinas may be the “man at the top” and namesake of the successful Celedinas Insurance Group, but employees of the Florida-based agency say he has always made them …

South Carolina Establishes New Precedent for Legal Malpractice Cases

The South Carolina Supreme Court has reversed a decade old precedent-setting decision in which it dismissed a legal malpractice case based on the expiration of the statute of limitations and in doing so adopted a new rule for which the …

Southeast Best Agency to Work for – Bronze: Celedinas Insurance Group

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA Celedinas Insurance Group Best Agency to Work For – Southeast Providing a Personal Touch From the Top

Best Agency to Work For – Southeast: Peel & Holland

BENTON, KENTUCKY Peel & Holland Best Agency to Work For – Southeast Happy Employees That Are Committed to Their Clients Insurance Journal‘s Silver Award winner for the Best Agency to Work For in the Southeast has created a culture of …

Best Agency to Work For – Southeast: Wallace Welch & Willingham

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA Wallace Welch & Willingham Best Agency to Work For – Southeast A Successful Agency Built on Family Values

Florida Drops Order for The Doctors Co. to Lower Rates

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has dropped its Order for The Doctors Co. (TDC) to lower its filed rates by 15 percent. The rates proposed by the medical malpractice insurer back in Dec. 2014 will remain the same …

Florida DMV Requests Dismissal of Taxi Companies’ Rideshare Complaint

In a move that is sure to further frustrate Florida taxicab companies, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FDHSMV) has asked a Leon County, Florida, judge to dismiss a complaint requiring the state agency to clarify Uber …

Best Agency to Work For – Southeast

BENTON, KENTUCKY Peel & Holland Best Agency to Work For – Southeast Peel & Holland: Happy Employees That Are Committed to Their Clients Insurance Journal‘s Silver Award winner for the Best Agency to Work For in the Southeast has created …

Damage Estimates Rising From South Carolina’s ‘Record-Breaking’ Storm

The potential exposure home insurers in South Carolina face from the early October storm that flooded the state is estimated to be over $18 billion, according to catastrophe modeling firm CoreLogic. Richland County had the most exposure with 8,185 damaged …