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By Mark Gordon
April 1, 2020

Executives shift from growing book of business to client triage

Cbiz manages crisis for clients while also looking to be ready when the economy shifts.

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By Mark Gordon
November 8, 2019

Area insurance firm defies Wall Street's struggles with $229M IPO

Going public has lost its luster in some financial quarters. A rollicking Tampa insurance firm, with sights set on even loftier goals, is an outlier.

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By Mark Gordon
November 8, 2019

Selling insurance? There's a side hustle for that

The side hustle concept, in the minds of two crafty entrepreneurs, can go deeper than service, and surface, level.

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By Brian Hartz
November 8, 2019

Surge protector: Data-centric venture aims to transform flood insurance

TypTap, a division of Tampa, Florida-based HCI Group Inc., wants to use Big Data to change the way flood insurance is sold.

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By Brian Hartz
November 8, 2019

Case work: Duo target insurers' legal costs with new venture

Carly Todd, along with her husband, Wesley Todd, founded St. Petersburg, Florida-based CaseGlide in 2015 as a way for insurers to cut down on their legal defense spending.

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By Grier Ferguson
November 8, 2019

Insurance firm aims to keep up regular communication with customers

Can an insurance firm be less robotic and more empathetic? One company says yes and will use that model to grab more market share.

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By Brian Hartz
September 13, 2019

Innovative insurance firm competes, partners with government on flood coverage

Wright National Flood Insurance Services, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based subsidiary of Daytona Beach-based Brown & Brown, has launched an innovative private option for flood insurance.

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By Mark Gordon
May 3, 2019

Family ties strong as daughter moves to top of firm

With a bigger appetite for risk, Taylor Collins takes over a stalwart area insurance business her father, JIm Tollerton, founded.

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By Mark Gordon
May 3, 2019

FIrm grows rapidly in bid to fend off merger proposals

Private equity firms are circling the insurance industry. One firm, behind a bold acquisition and organic growth strategy, aims to remain independent.

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By Brian Hartz
May 3, 2019

Like minded: Insurer's alignment with parent company pays off

Thanks to a merger with Progressive, St. Petersburg, Florida-based insurance firm ASI now sells insurance in more states — 44, plus Washington, D.C. — than ever before. It has also managed to keep its unique corporate culture alive and flourishing, despit

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By Brian Hartz
November 16, 2018

Economic forecast: Laura Webb, president, Webb Insurance Group, Tampa

Laura Webb, president of Webb Insurance Group in Tampa, Florida, looks ahead to 2019 and sees significant growth on the horizon.

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By Mark Gordon
November 9, 2018

Insurance guru turns bad experience into thriving business

Steve Herrig followed an unmet need for five years, when he bought a niche insurance business. Now he has new challenges to meet.

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By Grier Ferguson
November 9, 2018

Facing worker shortage, insurance industry turns to young professionals

Area insurance companies seize solutions — and creativity — to attract and retain talent.

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By Brian Hartz
November 9, 2018

Flood the market: Data-driven innovator disrupts an industry

Brad Hubbard, bored with his career as a civil engineer, tried his hand at insurance and wound up disrupting a major part of the industry with his Tampa-based company, National Flood Experts.

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By Mark Gordon
June 22, 2018

Upstart insurance firm from California targets growth in Florida

Pleasanton, Calif.-based Assured Risk Cover — founded by catastrophe risk professionals and backed by a Silicon Valley venture capital firm — sells parametric insurance under the brand name StormPeace. Parametric insurance covers supplemental losses from

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Executives shift from growing book of business to client triage

Area insurance firm defies Wall Street's struggles with $229M IPO

Selling insurance? There's a side hustle for that

Surge protector: Data-centric venture aims to transform flood insurance

Case work: Duo target insurers' legal costs with new venture

Insurance firm aims to keep up regular communication with customers

Innovative insurance firm competes, partners with government on flood coverage

Family ties strong as daughter moves to top of firm

FIrm grows rapidly in bid to fend off merger proposals

Like minded: Insurer's alignment with parent company pays off

Economic forecast: Laura Webb, president, Webb Insurance Group, Tampa

Insurance guru turns bad experience into thriving business

Facing worker shortage, insurance industry turns to young professionals

Flood the market: Data-driven innovator disrupts an industry

Upstart insurance firm from California targets growth in Florida

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