Florida’s quasi-governmental property insurer is resisting a statutory requirement that they start issuing an HO-8 policy due to a disagreement with regulators over rates and concerns that the policy’s reduced price could make it attractive to consumers despite the policy’s …
Florida officials have approved an emergency rule that will allow auto insurers providing no-fault coverage to use a form informing accident victims of their benefits under the state’s revised personal injury protection law. The Florida Cabinet approved the emergency rule …
Forty homes have been damaged by a tornado that ripped through Florida’s Volusia County. The Edgewater Fire Department says a tornado touched down Monday afternoon, ripping off roofs of some of the homes. At least a dozen of those homes …
A Florida administrative law judge has ruled that some forms used by insurers to determine a homeowner’s windstorm premium credits are invalid because they don’t take into account measures taken to protect existing homes and arbitrarily exclude steps taken to …
The Florida Highway Patrol says a pig is responsible for causing a series of car accidents in Collier County and injuring nearly a dozen people. An FHP report says 24-year-old Gabriela Resendiz struck a pig Saturday night that was in …
David Brownell, a former corrections officer at the Glades Correctional Institution was arrested on a charge of first-degree workers’ compensation fraud for allegedly faking illness to fraudulently collect over $2.7 million in claims payments, according to an announcement byFlorida Chief …
Two Florida men were arrested for patient brokering and involvement in an ongoing personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme in Manatee County. The arrests of Nerber A. Iglesias, 40, and Michael Borkowski, 42, were the result of an undercover sting, …
Officials at the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. say nearly 150,000 of its policyholders have been assumed by five smaller insurers in October as the state-backed Citizens’ continues to shed policies in its downsizing efforts. Another 25,000 Citizens’ policy holders rejected …
In the face of criticism, the top executive of Florida’s state-backed property insurer acknowledge his decision to close the insurer’s office in charge of corporate oversight before having its replacement in place was ill-advised. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. executives recently …
Pet owners can surrender their nonnative pets – free of charge and no penalties – during an Exotic Pet Amnesty Day in Davie, Fla. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is holding the event Saturday at Tree Tops Park. …