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Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance has reached a settlement with a Florida condominium association over a hurricane damage claim—three years after the association submitted loss estimates that insurers blasted as wildly inflated, even calling them 'outrageous.'

Two years ago, Rainier Miguel Salas and two licensed Florida insurance agents were charged in a scheme to sell insurance agent licenses—allegedly operating through an illegal 'licensing school' in Miami that helped unqualified applicants bypass the system and obtain credentials they never earned.

For more than a decade, insurance companies and physician groups have been locked in a high-stakes fight over one pivotal question in Florida law: Can doctors step into the role of pharmacists and dispense medications to injured workers—often at significantly higher prices?

The Florida Cabinet, joined by Gov. Ron DeSantis, voted Tuesday to hand over a prime 22-acre (49-hectare) stretch of state-owned land in Tampa to Hillsborough College—clearing a major hurdle for a proposed new ballpark for the Rays and setting the stage for a high-stakes development that could reshape the area’s future.

With virtually no debate and barely a word of discussion, a final committee in the Florida House on Tuesday signed off on a bill to create a clearinghouse designed to shift commercial insurance policies out of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and into the surplus lines market—an effort that could significantly reshape Florida’s property insurance landscape.

A Florida man is accused of gunning down three tourists after they became stranded at a rental home in a town frequented by Walt Disney World visitors, authorities say — a shocking incident that has sent ripples through the popular vacation hotspot.

The Florida nurse now sitting behind bars for sexually assaulting her 15-year-old stepson has lost her state medical license — just weeks after her husband filed for divorce, adding another shocking twist to the disturbing case.

A New York couple attempting to establish Florida residency discovered that cutting tax ties with the Empire State can be far more complicated than expected.

A drunken Florida man fatally shot his wife, wounded his 13-year-old stepdaughter in the face, and then turned the gun on himself — all after a trivial dispute over his demand to watch Monday Night Football, police said.

What began as an argument over an NFL game ended in tragedy: authorities say a Florida man shot and killed his wife, wounded his stepdaughter, and then fatally turned the gun on himself.