Florida Fraud Ring Generated $172M With Compounded Meds
Nine defendants were sentenced in federal court for participating in a massive insurance fraud scheme. The fraud involved material misrepresentations to health insurance providers and illegal payments to coconspirators and medical professionals, including physicians.
April 3, 2017
Fraud
Life & Health
Florida
Florida House Members Move On Auto Insurance Changes
Florida currently requires auto drivers to carry personal injury protection of at least $10,000 in medical benefits. But critics say that isnt enough to cover health care costs when theres an accident.
March 28, 2017
Auto
Legislation & Regulation
Liability
Litigation
Florida
17.5 Tons Of Frozen Taquitos Recalled
When mass-producing packaged foods, one of the goals is to prevent pieces of the processing equipment out of the food. A plant that makes José Olé products came up short of that aspiration, resulting in a recall of 17.5 tons of taquitos that could contain pieces of plastic and rubber.
March 28, 2017
Subrogation
California
Florida
Illinois
Missouri
New York
Entire Broward County Family Of 5 Killed In North Florida Crash
Authorities say a 10-year-old boy has died a day after a north Florida crash on Interstate 75 killed his parents and two sisters. News outlets report that the crash occurred near Gainesville Sunday morning when the familys rental car hit the back of a disabled tractor-trailer.
March 24, 2017
Auto
Liability
Florida
Bill Would End $300M Tax Credit For Insurance Carriers In Florida
Insurance-industry officials remained adamant Tuesday that a proposal to eliminate a decades-old tax credit will cost jobs and hike premiums as the measure moved forward in the Senate with a significant change.
March 23, 2017
Legislation & Regulation
Florida
Florida Nightclub Shooting Victims Sue Gunmans Employer, Widow
More than 50 victims and survivors of the June 2016 massacre at a Florida nightclub sued the gunmans employer and widow on Wednesday, blaming them for failing to prevent the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
March 23, 2017
Liability
Litigation
Florida
Wildfire Ignited By Illegal Burning Damages 15 Florida Homes
At least 15 homes have been damaged or destroyed in a fire that started Wednesday with a burning of paperback books and rapidly grew into a nearly 400-acre wildfire in the Bryceville area of Nassau County, according to officials.
March 23, 2017
Property
Florida
Spring Breakers Alert Family To House Fire
A spring break trip quickly turned into a rescue mission when two Montgomery high school students spotted a burning beach house. It happened along 30A, a popular vacation destination in Florida.
March 21, 2017
Auto
Property
Florida
SpaceX Pre-Launch Liability Insurance Massively Increased Following FAA Requirement
A new mandate was put into place which increased the minimum coverage requirement by five times. SpaceX changed its launch schedule to today at 1:35am but was required to carry far more pre-launch liability insurance than it previously held.
March 17, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Liability
Florida
Investigators Look Into Family-Owned Business Destroyed Overnight
Raymond Christy has not put down his phone since last night. The owner of AWS Carpenter Contractors is trying to make sure his 45 plus employees will be taken care of while he tries to rebuild.
March 16, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Florida
Men In Drag Rob Florida Jewelry Store
Investigators are seeking the publics help in catching two men who were caught on camera robbing a jewelry store in Deerfield Beach while disguised as women, last week.
March 13, 2017
Excess & Surplus Lines
Florida
Mandatory Evacuations Ongoing As Fire In Collier County, Florida Continues To Grow
Six-thousand acres are burning in Collier County, forcing the evacuations of homes and closing the western end of I-75. County officials said Tuesday evening two homes were destroyed.
March 9, 2017
Property
Florida
Wide-Ranging Impacts If Funding Is Cut To NOAA
On Friday, the meteorology community was riding a major high as stunningly high-definition images came in from the nations newest and much-anticipated earth observation satellite. The high came crashing down that evening, though, as the first hints of significant cuts to the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began to emerge.
March 6, 2017
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Mercedes Recalls 354K Vehicles Over Fire Risk
If weve said it once, weve said it a million times: You dont want your vehicle to catch on fire. For that reason, Mercedes-Benz is recalling more than 354,000 vehicles.
March 6, 2017
Auto
Subrogation
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California



