Hundreds of residents near Panama City, Florida, were forced to evacuate from a wildfire that destroyed at least two homes and damaged others in an area still recovering from Hurricane Michael in 2018. Local news sites reported officials said that …
Report: Nearly a Third of U.S. Hazardous Chemicals Facilities Exposed to Climate Change Dangers
A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stating that climate change is leading to increasingly irreversible impacts, with a narrowing window to adapt to it, is garnering a lot of reaction. The IPCC Working Group II report: Climate …
TikTok Facing Probe by States Over How Platform Markets to Kids
ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok is being targeted by a group of states seeking to determine whether the social media platform is being improperly marketed to children. The states are investigating how TikTok promotes itself to younger users, including techniques to increase …
75-Year-Old Driver Won’t Face Charges in Deadly Crash into Miami Sidewalk Cafe
A 75-year-old driver likely won’t face criminal charges after crashing her Bentley into a busy Miami Beach sidewalk cafe, killing one man and injuring eight others, police said. There were no signs that the woman was impaired on Feb. 24 …
Florida Senate Committee Advances Condo Inspection Bill
A Florida Senate committee wasted little time Wednesday in approving a bill that would require more frequent inspections of condominiums statewide – one of the first pieces of legislation to come out of the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers …
Miami Lawyer and Former Teacher Hospitalized after Copter Crash on Miami Beach
Two people, including a Miami attorney, are recovering in a hospital after a helicopter they were in crashed Saturday into the water just off Miami Beach, a few feet away from swimmers. The two passengers, Morgan Geller and the pilot’s …
People Moves: Groenheide to New Paradigm in Florida
Matt Groenheide, previously with GuideOne Insurance, HDI Global and Zurich, has joined New Paradigm as senior vice president and director of specialty programs. Groenheide will lead a program that matches parametric risk transfer with conventional insurance and reinsurance, the Fort …
New Lending Rules Could Stifle Loans, Insurance for Florida Condos that Need Repairs
Just as some insurers have tightened requirements for underwriting high-rise condominiums in the wake of the Champlain Towers collapse in Miami Beach last year, now mortgage banks are starkly revising lending rules. The moves could make sales of some condo …
Appeals Court Finds GEICO Did Not Act in Bad Faith in Fatal Florida Crash Claim
In a case that went all the way to the federal appeals court level, a panel of judges has found that GEICO General Insurance adequately investigated a Florida claim after an insured motorist killed a cyclist, and did not act …
After Months of Decline, Florida Claims Litigation Rose Sharply in January
Just when insurers saw signs that last year’s reform legislation may be having an impact on claims litigation, bad news appeared in the inbox Wednesday. CaseGlide, the maker of litigation management software, which also tracks claims disputes, reported that the …