The forecast for Florida citrus, the state’s signature crop, is expected to improve in the upcoming season compared to last year when twin hurricanes battered the state at the start of the citrus season, according to estimates released Thursday. Florida …
As bond markets everywhere get battered by a cocktail of higher interest rates, deficit angst and hawkish central bankers, one class of debt instrument is handing creditors double-digit returns: catastrophe bonds. Investors in the $40 billion market for so-called cat …
Tampa-based Slide Insurance, which has made a practice of assuming Florida policies from other insurers in the last two years, said it has acquired renewal rights to 86,000 homeowner policies from Farmers Insurance. Farmers said in June that it would …
The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him. …
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday declined to rehear a medical malpractice case that has made it easier for insurers and health care providers to challenge a plaintiff’s expert. In University of Florida Board of Trustees vs. Laurie Carmody, the …
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A storm system that moved across parts of Florida early Thursday left a path of damage to cars, houses and businesses, authorities said. The storms moved north into Citrus County, where officials canceled public school classes …
ATLANTA (AP) — A woman was in custody after she allegedly stabbed three people at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, police said. Officers assigned to the airport encountered a woman armed with a knife outside of a security checkpoint walking toward …
Higginbotham, one of the largest independent insurance brokerages and human resources firms, has acquired an interest in Total Employee Benefits, based in Atlanta. “We’re proud of our property and casualty practice in Atlanta,” Higginbotham CEO Rusty Reid said in a …
Integris Group, a member-owned professional liability insurer based in Connecticut, has agreed to purchase MedMal Direct Insurance Co. and its agency, CorePRO, from Physicians Trust Inc., the firms announced this week. MedMal Direct is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, and operates …
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta`s police chief on Tuesday fired an officer who shocked a 62-year-old Black church deacon with a stun gun during a dispute over a traffic ticket, leading to the man`s death. Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said Officer …
