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State-backed Citizens should be privatized

Jul 14, 2011

The following article was published in the Florida Current on July 14, 2011: State-backed Citizens should be privatized By Gary Fineout Frustrated by the inability to win changes from state lawmakers, the chairman of the state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp. …

Louisiana Joins Surplus Lines Coalition

Jul 13, 2011

The following article was published in the Insurance Journal on July 13, 2011: Louisiana Joins Surplus Lines Coalition Louisiana is now participating in an agreement designed to help states efficiently comply with the requirements of the federal surplus lines regulations …

Standard & Poor’s revises state’s credit outlook

Jul 13, 2011

The following article was published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on July 13, 2011: Standard & Poor’s revises state’s credit outlook By Gary Fineout Florida’s budget-balancing act, which included layoffs and forced public employees to help pay for their pensions, has …

Doctors ask federal judge to block new gun law

Jul 13, 2011

The following article was published in the Florida Current on July 13, 2011: Doctors ask federal judge to block new gun law Doctors opposed to a new law that limits their ability to ask patients about guns went before a …

Swamp buggies allowed in Everglades again

Jul 11, 2011

The following article was published in the South Florida Sun Sentinel on July 11, 2011: Swamp buggies allowed in the Everglades again By Joe Cavaretta The homemade contraptions known as swamp buggies that look like they’re out of the “Mad …