Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Wednesday, November 24
Nov 24, 2010
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Reactions Magazine: Risk modellers take flak
A scathing article that appeared in a Florida newspaper recently underlines that the market needs to stop taking risk models’ output as gospel, says Reactions’ editor Michael Loney.
Risk modelling firm Risk Management Solutions was the subject of a scathing article in Florida’s Herald Tribune in November. The article said that following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 RMS aggressively pushed a new short-term model.
Drywall firms offer to settle with Homestead homeowners
Homeowners in a Homestead neighborhood who had sued a drywall supplier and drywall manufacturer were offered money and repairs this week
Drywall manufacturer Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin agreed this week to pay to repair dozens of houses in Homestead that were part of a class-action suit over Chinese drywall — and cover their attorneys’ fees and other expenses.
Brightway Insurance acquires General Insurance Concepts, takes over Orange Park offices
Brightway Insurance recently acquired General Insurance Concepts, a 20-year-old property and casualty insurance agency offering personal and commercial lines of insurance.
Sinkhole work prompts Hernando County inquiry
When Phyllis House visited the sinkhole house she had purchased in Lake in the Woods, she was startled by what she did not see.
Legislators inadvertently give ‘pill mills’ a break
In their zeal to slow down government regulations, Florida lawmakers have inadvertently halted an effort to regulate so-called “pill mills” that fuel an epidemic of prescription drug abuse.
Banking recovery skips Florida in third quarter
The recovery enjoyed by most banks around the county in the third quarter, by and large, skipped Florida.
WCI Communities to build in Coral Springs
A financially retooling WCI Communities is revving back up its home-building engines.
Few in Southwest Florida paid as deadline passes
The deadline to file emergency claims in the BP oil spill BP came and went Tuesday as claimants in Lee and Collier counties continue to hang by an ever-fraying economic thread.
Generational challenge brewing in vote for state Democratic party chair
The November election is over but another is heating up in the Florida Democratic Party.
Governor Scott Won’t Be the Only Millionaire Coming to Capitol
Nearly half of the state’s senators are worth at least $1 million.
With multi-millionaire Republican Rick Scott heading into the governor’s office, Florida voters also are turning to a Legislature packed with millionaires to lead the state out of its long and deep economic trench.
Broward powerbroker Mendelsohn set to plead guilty in federal case
32-count indictment included accusations of using fraudulent fundraising for his own gain
Broward political fundraiser and power broker Alan Mendelsohn is set to cut a plea deal in what federal authorities have described as a fraudulent political fundraising and lobbying scheme that he used to line his own pockets.
Partisan Rift Mires Consumer Product Safety Database Plan
For decades, theConsumer Product Safety Commissiont has gathered a trove of complaints about potentially dangerous products, from cribs to Chinese-made drywall.
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