Charles H. Charlie Lydecker was recently named a regional president of Brown & Brown, Inc., taking over responsibility for operations in Florida and some retail operations in Arizona, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Virginia. Lydecker spoke with Florida Underwriter about the states insurance market and his companys plans for...
Two executives of a now liquidated Miami-based insurance company have been arrested and charged with filing false or misleading financial statements, said the Division of Insurance Fraud.
With a four-year reprieve from hurricanes, the Florida insurance industry enters the 2010 hurricane season with its claims paying mechanisms in a much-improved condition from the past few years.
Long before March 3, when the Florida Legislature convened what would become its 67-day session, legislators who follow insurance issues knew they and their colleagues would face three challenges. In
Jack Nicholson, chief operating officer for the state fund, said yesterday, prior to a briefing session with the State Senate Ways and Means Committee, that the fund under legislation approved last
The Florida Insurance Council has sounded a warning to state lawmakers about the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund's condition after officials said it would be unable to pay all losses if a catastrop
The authors of the report stressed that an "F" was not an attack on a state's insurance department. Conversely, a grade of "A" should not be considered an endorsement. Readers were to regard both