Category: Archive – News
Aug 31, 2009
Published in the Miami Herald on August 30, 2009: Hands off on windstorm discounts! In the past five years, thousands of Floridians, including hundreds in Palmetto Bay, have spent a lot of money to protect their homes against hurricane damage. …
Aug 31, 2009
BY JAMES M. LOY ProtectingAmerica.org Aug. 31, 2009 — America has come a long way in improving our preparedness and response system since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast four years ago, but the job is not done and the …
Aug 28, 2009
By News Service of Florida staff THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 28, 2009……..When it came time for Gov. Charlie Crist to tap someone for the U.S. Senate post he is seeking to win next year, the governor played it safe and …
Aug 27, 2009
Immediate, Continual Updates at www.newsserviceflorida.com TOWER HILL DOWNGRADED, DISPUTES RATING CRITERIA By DAVID ROYSE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 27, 2009…..Gainesville-based Tower Hill Insurance Group’s lack of confidence in the optional layer of the Florida Hurricane …
Aug 27, 2009
BY MARY ELLEN KLAS Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Aug. 27, 2009 — The Seminole Tribe of Florida is inching closer to completing a gambling deal with the state that would allow it to keep the slot machines and card games at …
Aug 27, 2009
By DAVID ROYSE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 26, 2009…..Property insurers are eagerly eyeing the possibility that a new Seminole gaming compact could require a special session because it would give them the opportunity to again …
Aug 27, 2009
BY CURTIS MORGAN cmorgan@MiamiHerald.com Aug. 27, 2009 — Water managers won crucial judicial approval Wednesday to borrow up to $650 million for the first phase of Gov. Charlie Crist’s land deal with U.S. Sugar. But Palm Beach Circuit Judge Donald …
Aug 26, 2009
BY SHANNON COLAVECCHIO Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Gov. Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved a $1.5 million settlement with the federal government, the state’s negotiated penalty for illegally selling drivers’ personal information to companies and individuals. In January, …
Aug 26, 2009
Above: Jennifer J.H. Pierce of Colodny Fass (center, left) joins School Board Member Robin Bartleman (center, right), Cathie Starkey from American Business Women’s Association and South Broward Hospital District (left) at the graduation of the 2009 Visions of Images PreCision class. Visions of …
Aug 26, 2009
The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a non-profit, non-partisan public policy group espousing free enterprise and limited government, issued the following editorial on August 25, 2009: CEI Suggests Questions for Florida Insurance Commissioner “A lot of serious unanswered questions” Tallahassee, Florida, …