Workplace shootings, more common than ever now, may happen in the course and scope of employment. But do they have to be work-related to make the victims eligible for workers’ compensation benefits? That’s the question that a Florida appeals court …
Florida’s property insurance market is showing more signs of life, with another company requesting a large takeout order from Citizens Property Insurance and two new companies entering the arena. Tampa-based HCI Group’s CEO Paresh Patel said in an earnings call …
Stakeholders near and far are hailing a record number of takeouts from Citizens’ Property Insurance Corp. as a sign that the troubled Florida insurance market is improving, even if it will likely mean higher premiums for homeowners. “This is what …
A Florida injury attorney, now disbarred, has pleaded guilty to swindling litigation funders and former NFL football players who had sued the league over concussion injuries. Just before his trial was set to begin in federal court in Tallahassee next …
Six months after its namesake insurance carrier was deemed insolvent, United Insurance Holdings is rebranding itself in the name of its surviving insurer, as American Coastal Insurance Corp. The St. Petersburg, Florida-based holding company for now-defunct United Property & Casualty …
Florida insurance agents will soon be able to access a new online clearinghouse platform designed to make it easier to steer policyholders away from the still-growing, state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The $35.7 million investment, approved by the Citizens Board …
Efforts by Universal Insurance Holdings, the publicly traded parent company of one of Florida’s largest property and casualty insurers, to shed policies, spread risk and raise rates appears to have paid off so far in 2023. And recent legislative changes …
Like a sports league deciding to make greater use of in-game instant replay on crucial calls, the Florida Supreme Court has made it a little easier for hospitals and other medical malpractice defendants to challenge expert witnesses’ qualifications. “This is …
Like a sports league deciding to make greater use of in-game instant replay on crucial calls, the Florida Supreme Court has made it a little easier for hospitals and other medical malpractice defendants to challenge expert witnesses’ qualifications. “This is …
A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling that a Scottsdale Insurance commercial policy for a community center excludes almost all non-weather water damage. It’s the type of “infuriating” exclusion that plaintiffs’ attorneys and some brokers have said …