Florida-based Brown & Brown Insurance, ranked as the sixth-largest independent brokerage in the country, has acquired Caton-Hosey Insurance, a personal and business-lines agency in Port Orange, Florida. The agency was founded in 1948 and has been led by Rex Caton …
After an Allstate Insurance investigation alleged that a well-known Florida pain clinic had conspired with an injury law firm and had fraudulently billed the auto insurer for unnecessary surgeries and risky procedures, Allstate took the unusual step of striking an …
Weather, windshields and reform were the most-read Insurance Journal stories for Florida readers in 2023, continuing a trend seen in recent years as insureds, insurers and lawmakers continued to manage the property insurance crisis in the Sunshine State. Festival Canceled, …
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Health said Wednesday that “a large number” of medical marijuana products are on hold so they can be retested. The department first issued the hold on Dec. 21. A news release from …
MIAMI (AP) — Emergency workers in south Florida this week tried to rescue a 71-year-old pilot of a helicopter that crashed into a canal. The man’s daughter swam to safety but the pilot could not be saved, according to news …
A petition to invoke appraisal is not the same thing as a motion to compel arbitration, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday. The high court dismissed an appeal by Great American Insurance Co. that sought to overturn a trial court’s …
Outside of the turbulent state of Florida, the Southeastern U.S. saw its share of insurance issues, from carriers pulling out of Georgia to roof-matching requirements in Kentucky to liquor liability problems in South Carolina and dog bites in Alabama. (See …
It has taken 10 years but the financially troubled Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust has been fully liquidated. About $1 million will soon be returned to school districts across the state. “It took a long time to get all the …
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Tuesday that it has completed an investigation into a fatal police shooting where a man was killed in his front yard during a dispute with a tow truck driver. The …
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy who left on a flight to visit his grandmother in southwest Florida instead was put on the wrong plane and ended up 160 miles away in Orlando, Florida. When the grandmother, Maria …
