Category: Florida News

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Wednesday, March 31

Mar 31, 2010

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida’s Crist Opposes, Bush Backs Bill Deregulating Insurance Prices Tallahassee politicians must ensure a robust private property insurance market to avoid a financial disaster if a major …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Tuesday, March 30

Mar 30, 2010

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Citizens has successful bond pre-sale Amid predictions of an active hurricane season this year, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is bulking up its reserves with a $2.4 billion …

Miami Herald Letter: State must ante up funding

Mar 30, 2010

The Miami Herald publised this letter on March 30, 2010. BY ALBERTO M. CARVALHO www.dadeschools.net The numbers don’t lie, and the equation is alarmingly simple: Shrinking property values + less money from the state = a projected $190 million shortfall …

NAIC To Study Drywall Problems

Mar 30, 2010

This article appeared in National Underwriter on March 29, 2010: By PHIL GUSMAN DENVER-The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) plans to release a draft white paper on Chinese drywall problems by the summer, the association’s Catastrophe Insurance Working Group …

Federal Flood Insurance Program Closed for Weeks

Mar 29, 2010

Find this article at: http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/03/26/108517.htm   March 26, 2010 As insurance and real estate agents and homeowners feared, Congress left Washington without extending the federal flood insurance program. Congress adjourned until April 12 after failing to agree on an unemployment …