Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines
Jun 16, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Poe’s past failure no deal killer The failure of three Poe Financial Group insurance companies after the hurricanes of 2004-05 marked the largest insurance insolvency in Florida history. …
Jun 13, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Florida Is Uniquely Vulnerable A much-needed climate-change bill was defeated a week ago today in the U.S. Senate when supporters fell short of the votes needed to overcome …
Jun 12, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Homeowners sue state over insurer Poe A nonprofit agency formed by the Legislature to pay claims of the insolvent Poe property insurance companies has been slow to respond, …
Jun 11, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Hundreds of ex-Poe policyholders sue state Nearly 600 lawsuits were filed in South Florida against the state agency that’s handling claims for the three defunct Poe Financial insurance …
Jun 10, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Florida to sell bonds to pay storm claims Gov. Charlie Crist and a top state financial official on Tuesday approved the sale of up to $625 million in …
Jun 9, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Nebraska Supreme Court rules against Florida A multimillion-dollar insurance dispute that’s a decade old received new life on its third trip to the Nebraska Supreme Court because the …
Jun 6, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Democrats Bash McCain’s Catastrophe Fund Opposition The Barack Obama campaign and Florida Democrats on Thursday attacked Sen. John McCain’s opposition to a national insurance catastrophic fund. COLUMN: Competition …
Jun 5, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Walter Dartland and Brad Ashwell: Keep killing the Citizens Insurance fund transfer On May 28, Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed a provision quietly slipped into the Homeowners Bill of …
Jun 4, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  DeLand leaders agree to charge nonresidents for accidents Out-of-towners take note: There’s another reason to avoid being at fault in an accident requiring police or fire response in …
Jun 3, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Hartford loses bid to raise insurance rates State regulators denied Hartford’s rate request, but the company can still ask a state appeals court for one last review. State …