Category: Florida News

Insurance Journal–August 22, 2008 Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued an advisory to remind Florida consumers and authorized insurers that the hurricane deductible of their homeowner’s policy does not apply at this time — because the National Hurricane Center has …

South Florida Sun-Sentinel–August 22, 2008 By Julie Patel South Florida Sun-Sentinel Tropical Storm Fay’s winds may have reached 60 mph in parts of South Florida, but the damage it wreaked won’t be covered by homeowners’ windstorm insurance policies. Because the …

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services–August 21, 2008 TALLAHASSEE – With the hurricane season entering its peak period, Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today reminded agricultural producers that they must have crop insurance or non-insured …

President triggers federal help with declaration of emergency BY JIM ASHFlorida Today–August 22, 2008 On Day 5 of Tropical Storm Fay’s assault on Florida, President Bush declared a federal emergency as the storm continued its slow march across the top …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: President declares federal emergency in response to Fay On day five of Tropical Storm Fay’s assault on Florida, President George W. Bush declared a federal emergency as the storm continued …

> The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold the first meeting of the Autism Workgroup and Autism Advisory Workgroup on August 22, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Room 110 of the Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida.  To …

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) will publish the following Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the August 29 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly. An advance copy of the Notice and full text of the proposed Rule is attached …

Insurance Journal–August 21, 2008 As Tropical Storm Fay remains relatively static over northeast Florida, a tropical storm warning remains in effect from Fort pierce, Florida to the border between Georgia and South Carolina. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist requested a federal …

The Boston Globe–August 21, 2008 By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Writer  MELBOURNE, Fla. –For a fourth weary day, Tropical Storm Fay continued its soggy march through Florida Thursday, forcing dozens more residents to flee floodwaters and even driving alligators and …

Miami Herald–August 21, 2008 BY OSCAR CORRAL AND EVAN S. BENN Top hurricane scientists from Florida are leading a charge to lobby Congress to sharply increase funding for research into predicting, modeling and preventing damage from nature’s deadliest storms. Sitting …