Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Tuesday, Nov. 6

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Citizens’ business rate going up

Here’s the bad news for coastal businesses that buy windstorm coverage from Citizens Property Insurance Corp: Rates will rise about 15 percent next year.

 

Fund offers condos insurance savings

The state’s first self-insurance fund promised to provide premium savings for condo associations buying hurricane coverage.

 

Legislative panel chooses longtime agriculture consumer director

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — James R. Kelly was chosen Monday as Florida’s new public counsel to represent the state’s consumers in rate cases before regulators.

 

House Votes to Override Water Bill Veto

WASHINGTON — The House approved what could become the first override of a President Bush veto Tuesday, with Republicans joining Democrats in challenging the president over a $23.2 billion water resources bill that addresses pressing infrastructure needs while offering hundreds of home district projects.

 

Insurer to drop 5,115 policies on the Treasure Coast

State Farm Florida Insurance policyholders on the Treasure Coast may be getting unwanted letters in their mailboxes.

 

For Crist, smiles and a sweeping first year

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist’s political theories are as simple as a pop music jingle. ‘When people honor you by giving their vote, we break their hearts if we don’t at least try,’ Crist says.

 

Marco and Mario Rubio; brothers, but so different

The wrong Rubio is speaker of the Florida House. Marco Rubio, elected to the House to represent only a part of Miami, is intent on sticking his nose into how every local government in Florida does business.

 

Vice President Crist?

Gov. Charlie Crist would be a logical choice for the 2008 Republican vice presidential nomination, syndicated columnist Matt Towery wrote recently.

 

The $2.5 trillion bond insurance problem

LONDON (Reuters) – Bond insurance, a key safety net of the financial system, is looking vulnerable, raising the possibility of another round of forced sales, writedowns and contagion.

 

Allen jury selection enters second day

Attorneys struggling to seat an unbiased jury Monday in the sex solicitation trial for state Rep. Bob Allen may be ready for opening statements this afternoon.

 

Remotely healthy: Monitors keep track of patients from a distance

Every day, Robert McDonald, 89, who lives in a Homestead assisted living community, hooks up to a monitor and checks his blood pressure, reports on the ease of his breathing and, twice a day, pricks his finger for a blood sugar count.

 

ICAP CEO eyes insurance opportunities

LONDON (Reuters) – The multi-trillion dollar insurance market is ripe for the development of widespread derivatives trading, ICAP (IAP.L: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Michael Spencer told Reuters on Tuesday.

 

Ky., Miss. races head 2007 elections

Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to select governors in Mississippi and Kentucky, while five big-city mayors and a slew of ballot initiatives took top billing elsewhere in a quiet Election Day before next year’s presidential vote.

 

Equal Coverage for Mental Health?

Q Why are my mental health benefits less generous than those that my insurance policy provides for other conditions?

 

Study urges regulation for genetic tests

Increased supervision of genetic testing is needed to ensure the usefulness of the increasingly popular tests, often promoted as a way to personalize medical treatment, according to a government draft report Tuesday.

 

RVers are blocked from voting

When your home is the open road, where do you register to vote? A total of 286 people who live full-time in their recreational vehicles were dropped from the voter rolls in one Tennessee county over the past two years because they did not have a genuine home address, only a mailbox.

 

Machinists win, lose in contract

After longest strike at KSC, union critical, but USA says pact is fair

The strike is over, but what was won? Sunday’s 313-75 vote by the machinists union at Kennedy Space Center to approve NASA shuttle contractor United Space Alliance’s three-year contract offer included the following: