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Workers comp carrier seventh Florida insurer to fail

12/07/2011

Southern Eagle Insurance Company, headquartered in Bradenton, Florida, was ordered into receivership for the purposes of rehabilitation on December 6. The six-year-old workers' compensation insurer was ordered to cease writing and/or renewing policies on November 22 by Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation. The policies are not cancelled and policyholders should continue to pay premiums as usual in order to continue their coverage.

Southern Eagle had assets of $18.6 million as of September 30 and underwriting losses of $4.9 million. Weiss had identified it as "Weak" since coverage started in 2006.

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