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Wall Street Journal: For Insurers, a $5 Billion Benefit

Jan 19, 2010

The Wall Street Journal published this article on January 15, 2010. Rule Change Will Allow Firms to Set Aside Less Capital on Written-Down Bonds By LESLIE SCISM Life insurers are readying for an estimated $5 billion-plus capital benefit from a …

Miami Herald: Workers’ comp fraud targeted in Miami-Dade

Jan 14, 2010

The Miami Herald published this article on January 14, 2009. BY DAVID OVALLE dovalle@MiamiHerald.com A workers’ compensation insurance company spent more than $28,000 on Helmuth Droege after the Miami computer salesman claimed he broke his arm during a fall at …

Miami Herald: Joe Carollo may run for state Senate

Jan 12, 2010

The Miami Herald publised this article on January 12, 2010. BY BETH REINHARD breinhard@MiamiHerald.com Joe Carollo, the pugnacious former Miami mayor who narrowly lost a reelection bid in 2001, is likely to launch a Florida Senate campaign next month. Carollo …

Miami Herald: Stanford case may toughen Florida’s banking laws

Jan 11, 2010

The Miami Herald published this article on January 11, 2009 BY MICHAEL SALLAH AND ROB BARRY msallah@MiamiHerald.com Eleven years after Florida regulators gave billionaire Allen Stanford unprecedented approval to open a rogue financial center in Miami, lawmakers are pushing to …

Miami Herald: State Farm asks for 19.1 percent rate hike in La.

Jan 8, 2010

The Miami Herald published this article on January 9, 2010. The Associated Press State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., Louisiana’s largest homeowners insurer, has asked insurance regulators for a rate increase that would average 19.1 percent statewide. The Louisiana Department …

Miami Herald: FPL accused of not sharing its tax break

Jan 6, 2010

The Miami Herald published this article on January 6, 2009. BY MARY ELLEN KLAS Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau The Florida Public Service Commission said Tuesday it is looking into anonymous allegations that Florida Power & Light’s parent company took an estimated …