A San Diego, Calif.-based holding company has bought a managing general insurance agency and a private auto insurance company as it seeks to expand its national footprint.

A health insurance company that last year paid a $700,000 fine in New York now faces the possibility of loses its license to operate in Florida.

Conseco Life Insurance Co. agreed to establish a $10 million fund and pay a $1 million “monetary assessment” to settle a multi-state complaint regarding its handling of policy increases for its Lifetrend product in 2008.

A new medical malpractice insurance provider has opened its doors in Florida, flaunting that it will not use insurance agents or brokers.

Infinity Surety, a Saginaw, Texas-based surety insurance provider, was ordered to stop selling bonds in Florida they were not authorized to transact the business in the state, according to state records.

State Farm has reached an agreement to continue offering homeowners’ policies in Florida, after what the state’s top insurance regulator called “a long and arduous negotiation process.”

An administrative law judge in Florida has thrown out a Pennsylvania-based life settlement firm’s request to prevent state regulators from reviewing its records.

Florida regulators are suffering from “political schizophrenia,” according to an insurance industry analyst.

Claiming an offer by a fellow Florida property-casualty insurer “substantially undervalues” its assets and earnings potential, 21st Century Holding Co. has rejected a proposal for a merger that could have netted a reported $42.5 million.