Category: Archive – News
Feb 12, 2009
Herald Tribune–February 12, 2009 By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER H-T CAPITAL BUREAU TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Charlie Crist used his joint appearance with President Barack Obama on Tuesday in Fort Myers to personally lobby the president for the creation of a national catastrophe …
Feb 12, 2009
Treasure Coast Palm–February 11, 2009 By Jim Turner Congressman Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, introduced legislation Wednesday that would create a tax-deferred reserve to allow insurance companies to set aside money for future disasters. “It is very clear the current system needs …
Feb 12, 2009
National Underwriter–February 12, 2009 A Florida trade group called yesterday for halt in what it said were efforts to create paranoia and make property owners shift home insurers. The statement came from National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors-Florida which …
Feb 12, 2009
They face a fuzzy future after the company’s Florida declaration. By David Bauerlein Florida Times-Union–February 12, 2009 State Farm agent Craig Dewhurst describes the mood of his fellow agents by recalling the upheaval of 1992 when Hurricane Andrew slammed South …
Feb 12, 2009
Bradenton Herald–February 12, 2009 By CARL MARIO NUDI BRADENTON – In the future, you may receive a bill for a service fee when Bradenton Police have to direct traffic because you caused a vehicle crash. The City Council on Wednesday …
Feb 12, 2009
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA–February 11, 2009 By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE… ….Parents and teachers hoping for smaller classes in schools across the state may have to wait a little bit longer with lawmakers considering measures that would delay …
Feb 10, 2009
Office of Insurance Regulation Commissioner Kevin McCarty is trying to enlist lawmakers’ support for a proposal to enlist the federal government’s help, if needed, to prop up the hurricane catastrophe fund. BY JENNIFER LIBERTO Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Miami Herald–February 10, …
Feb 10, 2009
National Underwriter–February 10, 2009 BY DANIEL HAYSNU Online News Service The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, a key reinsurance provider, has a shortfall of $18.5 billion, which could pose problems for some of the state’s recent insurance startups, state officials indicated. …
Feb 10, 2009
Sarasota Herald-Tribune–February 10, 2009 By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER H-T CAPITAL BUREAU TALLAHASSEE – With State Farm pulling out of the Florida property insurance market, the Senate budget chairman Monday expressed concern about many of those consumers moving into new insurance companies …
Feb 10, 2009
Treasure Coast Palm–February 9, 2009 By Julie Patel, Sun-Sentinel Many of Florida’s 1.2 million State Farm policyholders aren’t waiting to find new property insurance after the surprise announcement last month that State Farm is pulling out of Florida. And the …