Category: Florida News
Feb 7, 2011
The following article was published in the Jacksonville Business Journal on February 7, 2011: Blue Cross, United control Florida Healthcare http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/ Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida and United Healthcare together controlled 65 percent of Florida’s commercial health …
Feb 7, 2011
The following article was published in the Palm Beach Post on February 7, 2011: Florida Leads U.S. in Faked Car Accidents By Laura Green www.palmbeachpost.com A rental truck and an SUV bumped into each other at Blue Heron Boulevard and …
Feb 7, 2011
The following article was published in Business Insurance magazine on February 7, 2011: By Mark A. Hofmann www.businessinsurance.com DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Brown & Brown Inc.’s revenues for 2010 increased less than 1% to $973.5 million from a year earlier, the Daytona …
Feb 7, 2011
The following article was published in the Insurance Journal on February 7, 2011: Mercury General to Exit Florida Homeowners Market www.insurancejournal.com Citing fourth quarter losses in Florida of $19 million, Mercury General said it would begin the process of withdrawing …
Feb 7, 2011
Above: Sinkholes, such as this one near Winter Park, are the latest natural disaster to hit the Florida insurance industry. (Gulf Coast Business Review) Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.–Florida Senate Committee on Banking and …
Feb 7, 2011
The following article was published in The Current on February 7, 2011: Florida’s Insurance Department makes staff changes There have been some staff changes at the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Long standing OIR employee Belinda Miller — who was …
Feb 6, 2011
This article was published in the Chicago Tribune on February 6, 2011: Farm Insurance Fraud is Cheating Taxpayers Out of Millions By P.J. Huffstutter http://www.chicagotribune.com/#&lid=Home&lpos=Main The federal investigator took the witness stand and described the crime scene: a sprawling field …
Feb 6, 2011
The following article was published in the Mobile Press-Register on February 6, 2011: Coastal homes may have less risk under new computer model By Jeff Amy http://www.al.com/ A new computer model for insurers predicts that inland homeowners face higher risks …
Feb 5, 2011
The following article was published in the Orlando Sentinel on February 5, 2011: Property Insurance Reform Could Harm Consumers http://www.orlandosentinel.com/ To sell the public on its property-insurance reform package, which amounts to a great big gift to the …
Feb 4, 2011
The Miami Foundation announced today, February 4, 2011, that it has named Pablo L. Cejas, chairman and CEO of Ascendant Commercial Insurance, to its Board of Governors. Ascendant is a property and casualty insurance company based in Miami, Florida. In …