Officials with Florida’s Department of Agriculture say 103 skimmer devices that are used for identity theft have been discovered at more than 7,500 gas stations it inspected. The agency announced its findings this week. The report comes after three months of investigation by inspectors who visited 7,571 stations in a statewide sweep. It was part […]
Credit card skimming at gas stations across Florida is becoming more prevalent. To avoid having your information stolen by thieves, pay with cash, says the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. In just the past two months, the agency’s inspectors have removed eight credit card skimmers from gas station pumps across the state. These […]
Motorists are saving an average of $10 for a tank of gas compared WITH this time last year. Gasoline prices crept closer to $2 a gallon last week and nothing is slowing them down. Domestic oil supply is at a three-decade high and forecast to keep growing. The price of oil fell to its lowest […]
The gas pump is a friendly place these days, not the graveyard for one’s disposable income it once was. With the price of a barrel of oil cratering to levels not seen in almost four years under the weight of weak demand and a plethora of supply now that the U.S. is a key oil […]
Fire officials are investigating an explosion at a Miami gas station Friday afternoon. CBS4’s Maggie Newland said it all happened at Flagler Street and 71st Ave. Cell phone video captured the fierce flames and billowing smoke after an explosion in a minivan at the gas station. The force of the blast peeled back the roof […]
After he was unable to use a vacuum cleaner from a South Florida gas station because it was broken, a man decided to take out his frustration on the machine by ripping it out of the ground using his pickup truck. “Strapped it around the back of his pick-up truck and basically just jammed the […]
The summer driving season is fast approaching, and with it the annual hike in gasoline prices. But many parts of the U.S. are already contending with unexpectedly high prices at the pump this month, weeks ahead of schedule. According to blogger Patrick DeHann at GasBuddy.com, the national average for gasoline rose another 2.3 cents last […]
This week’s “Inside The Industry” takes a look inside the gas station and convenience store industry, one of the many industries we specialize in insuring. This post is unfortunately a tragic one. Police on Monday identified Max Ludovic Brody as the 22-year-old man who died after he was shot at a Miami Beach gas station […]