B&B Adds Georgia-based Public Entities Team in Latest Acquisition May 20, 2024 A part of Brown & Brown’s wholesale insurance group has acquired Public Entities of America LLC, a brokerage based in...
Florida’s 125% Surge in Property-Insurance Bills Sows Havoc May 20, 2024 By Lauren Coleman-Lochner For Filicia Porter, the insurance bills were the final straw. They’d been climbing steeply for her assisted-living business as Florida...
After Loss at Alabama Mercedes Plants, UAW Vows to Regroup and Try Again May 20, 2024 By Tom Krisher and Kim Chandler TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on...
After Two Years in the Eye of the Storm, Neal Steps Down From FIGA. Brown Up Next May 20, 2024 By William Rabb Corey Neal took over as executive director of the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association in early 2022, at the height of...
Security First Touts 5% Rate Decrease for HO-3, Renters Policies in Florida May 17, 2024 Citing the stabilizing impact that legislative reforms have had on the Florida market, Security First Insurance Co. executives this week...
Driver Says He Smoked Pot Oil, Took Meds Before Florida Crash That Killed 8 Workers May 17, 2024 OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man with a long record of dangerous driving told investigators he smoked marijuana oil and...
DeSantis, Amid Criticism, Signs Bill Making Climate Change Less of a Priority May 17, 2024 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Climate change will be a lesser priority in Florida and largely disappear from state statutes under...
Greater Chance of Major Hurricane on East Coast This Year, Less in Gulf, Scientist Says May 17, 2024 By William Rabb Multiple computer models from forecasting organizations across the globe have predicted a very active hurricane season starting next month, spelling...
Driver of Pickup Charged with DUI After Crash with Bus that Killed 8 Farmworkers May 16, 2024 By Michael Schneider and Terry Spencer OCALA, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Highway Patrol has arrested the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a...
Georgia County Must Pay for Transgender Deputy’s Surgery, Appeals Court Says May 16, 2024 ATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Georgia county illegally discriminated against...