COLUMN: Crisis looms for Florida’s hurricane catastrophe fund

Oct 22, 2008

Sarasota Herald–October 22, 2008 By SAM MILLER GUEST COLUMNIST The Advisory Council to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund acknowledged last week that the fund’s real claims-paying capacity is only about half what it promised to Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and …

County expands family health insurance

Oct 22, 2008

Palm Beach Post–October 21, 2008 By JENNIFER SORENTRUEPalm Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH — Is 30 the new 25? It soon will be for Palm Beach County employees, who will be able to keep their unmarried adult children …

Environmentalists, auto dealers clash over emission standards

Oct 22, 2008

Tallahassee Democrat–October 22, 2008 By Jim Ash FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU CHIEF Environmentalists turned up the heat Tuesday on Florida regulators ahead of next week’s crucial vote to adopt California-style auto emission standards. “We think that this is an extraordinarily important …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Wednesday, October 22

Oct 22, 2008

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Joins $60 Million Judgment against Pfizer Resolving 5-Year Investigation into Pharmaceutical Marketing Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that Florida has joined 32 other states and the …

Citizens Meetings

Oct 22, 2008

> Citizens Meetings Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will hold the following meetings on Wednesday, October 22 at the Tampa Airport Marriott, Tampa, Florida and via teleconference. Audit Committee — 9:00 a.m. the call-in number for this meeting is: 877.260.2826 Financial …

FEMA Aid Comes Late for Some Homeowners

Oct 21, 2008

First Coast News–October 21, 2008 Posted By: Ashley Coleman MIDDLEBURG, FL — Two months after Tropical Storm Fay, most of the First Coast has bounced back. But people living in two counties are just now getting help. "It’s about time," …

Brown & Brown: Revenues Up Even as Insurance Prices Falling

Oct 21, 2008

Insurance Journal–October 21, 2008 Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. reported that its total commissions and fees revenues for the third quarter of 2008 increased 8.1 percent over the third quarter of 2007. While revenues were up, net income …