Barney Bishop III took over last month as chief executive officer at the influential business lobbying association Associated Industries of Florida (AIF), assuming a post long-held by Jon Shebel.

Strengthening the Florida Uniform Statewide Building Code by requiring mitigation improvements on all new construction where winds of 120 miles per hour or greater are predicted -- including in areas

Congressman Tom Feeney from Orlando, with the strong backing of Florida's CFO Tom Gallagher, filed a bill last month to create Catastrophe Savings Accounts (CSAs) that would allow the state's

At an industry dinner last week, talk of worst-case scenarios dominated the conversation. I awoke with a headache the next morning--perhaps from the wine, but more likely from the discussion of the

Florida Underwriter spoke with Dale Hammond, president and CEO of HomeWise Insurance Co., a new Citizens Property Corp. take-out company enjoying its first quarter of official existence. It is geared

Another big player in the Citizens Property Corporation take-out arena has called a halt to its homeowners' and commercial lines activity in March, citing more than $2 billion of gross losses and

Dear Dr. G.: I was confronted yesterday by a group of my developers. They asked to be allowed to work from home. There does seem to be some merit to their request--with broadband connectivity, instant

Safeco Insurance has deployed the newly developed electronic quoting capabilities from InsuranceNoodle for small-commercial insurance. This technology will help InsuranceNoodle provide its network of