Category: Archive – News

This article was opublished by the Miami Herald on September 21, 2009 BY JOHN DORSCHNER jdorschner@MiamiHerald.com Five years after Miguel “Mike” Fernandez sold CarePlus to Humana for $450 million, the veteran Coral Gables healthcare entrepreneur announced plans to start a …

This article was published by the Miami Herald on September 21, 2009 By BEATRICE E. GARCIA bgarcia@MiamiHerald.com JOE RIMKUS JR. / MIAMI HERALD FILE, 2004 This home was destroyed by Hurricane Charley in 2004. Citizens Property Insurance, which mainly covers …

Monday, September 21, 2009, 12:03pm EDT South Florida Business Journal A new kind of computer forecast could save Florida, its residents and businesses millions of dollars in hurricane damages to the fragile web of utilities that carries its electrical power, …

 This article was published by the Miami Herald on September 21, 2009 Homeowners shopping for insurance in South Florida have a few options, so they don’t have to buy coverage from Citizens Property Insurance, the expensive state-run insurer. Here are …

Published September 19, 2009 Big Brokers Want Fees Reinstated By LAVONNE KUYKENDALL The biggest insurance brokers are in negotiations with regulators to reinstate a type of commission banned due to conflict-of-interest concerns, a development that could restore some, but unlikely …

From today’s Wall Street Journal   This article was published by the Wall Street Journal on September 17, 2009 By LESLIE SCISM and AARON LUCCHETTI Regulators of some of the biggest bond buyers in the world are considering cutting credit-ratings …

This article was published by the Miami Herald on September 17, 2009 BY STEVE BOUSQUET Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau A report presented to Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet on Tuesday noted that Florida’s pension fund has fewer people overseeing it …

This article was published by The News Service of Florida on September 15, 2009 By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Senate President Jeff Atwater wants answers to questions about a gaming compact negotiated by the governor with the …

Immediate, Continual Updates at www.newsserviceflorida.com ALEXANDER: TRUE MEASURE OF FLA FINANCES INCLUDES STORM SCENARIO By JOHN KENNEDY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 15, 2009…..Senate budget chief J.D. Alexander cast a deeper shade of red ink over …

Immediate, Continual Updates at www.newsserviceflorida.com MCCARTY: PRIVATE CAPACITY THERE TO ABSORB MOST STATE FARM POLICIES By MICHAEL PELTIER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 15, 2009…Despite difficult times for many insurers during the first half of 2009, …