Category: Archive – News
Mar 10, 2009
Sarasota Herald Tribune–March 9, 2009 By Joe Follick Expect some squirmy state agencies tomorrow when Sen. J.D. Alexander’s Ways and Means committee continues his crusade to pinch pennies with the possible sale of state buildings and ending of leases with …
Mar 10, 2009
The Ledger–March 9, 2009 STATE FARM INSURANCE CO. FLORIDA ZONE announces the newest members of the Auto Operations High Potential Development Group for 2009. They are Juanita Bourgault, Ashley Carter, Lynn Davis, Trenton Frederick, Melissa Gibbs, Austine Gipson, Stephanie Gonzalez, …
Mar 10, 2009
Police, fire service charges may end Thyrie Bland Pensacola News Journal–March 10, 2009 When Escambia County resident Gwen Hemminger was in a minor car accident last year, Escambia County Fire-Rescue responded. Much to her surprise, the fire department sent a …
Mar 9, 2009
Counties and cities would be prohibited from imposing fees for emergency agencies to respond to accidents under legislation filed in response to the growing practice. With local governments strapped for cash, a number of them are seeking extra cash when …
Mar 9, 2009
The state’s only producing oil company wants a tax break from state lawmakers to resume extracting oil from its northwest Florida field. On Friday the House Energy & Utility Policy Committee unanimously approved a measure (HB 515) that would …
Mar 9, 2009
Insurance Journal–March 9, 2009 By Bill Kaczor State Farm Florida on Friday appealed stipulations that Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has put on its plan to withdraw from the state’s property insurance market. Florida’s second largest insurer of homes and other …
Mar 9, 2009
Says state trying to keep it from leaving homeowners insurance market By Brandon Larrabee Florida Times-Union–March 7, 2009 TALLAHASSEE – Conditions set by regulators for State Farm Florida’s withdrawal from the state’s property insurance market are illegal and amount to …
Mar 9, 2009
Jacksonville Business Journal–March 6, 2009 by Rachel Witkowski Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE – For State Farm agent Debra Braddock, the business she’s built for 25 years with the same company will be the only insurance business she plans to do in …
Mar 9, 2009
National Underwriter–March 6,2009 BY DANIEL HAYSNU Online News Service Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced she would suspend the license of new startup home insurer Peoples Trust for using call center personnel who were not licensed to sell insurance, …
Mar 9, 2009
Daytona News-Journal–March 9, 2009 By JIM SAUNDERS Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE — Already mired in severe budget problems, Florida could face a bigger financial crisis if a major hurricane slams the state this year. A state catastrophe-insurance program is supposed …