Latest Florida Headlines
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Safe Home Expert Says Florida Building Codes Working
Jun 16 2006 // According to a consultant for the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Florida’s building codes that were approved in 2001 are working. He also says that Hurricane Charlie was a “model” hurricane in the sense...
Judge Upholds Plan to Smoothly Transition Poe Policyholders
Jun 16 2006 // Leon County Circuit Judge Janet Ferris has reaffirmed her approval of the Florida Department of Financial Services’ plan to protect and to smoothly transition nearly 330,000 policyholders with Atlantic Preferred,...
Davis Makes Proposals to Fix Florida’s Property Insurance Problems
Jun 12 2006 // Windstorm insurance companies would have to cover water damage caused by hurricanes under a proposal Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis released June 9, part of a multi-pronged proposal to solve the problems...
Evacuations Begin: Alberto to Hit Florida Today
Jun 12 2006 // National Hurricane Center forecasters were closely watching the season’s first tropical storm on Monday evening and were unsure if Alberto would strengthen into a hurricane overnight or maintain its speed just below...
Florida Insurance Council Updates Hurricane Hotline List
Jun 12 2006 // A list of individual company “hotline” numbers that policyholders would use if Tropical Storm Alberto becomes more than a rainmaker, has been updated by the Florida Insurance Council in Tallahassee,...
Tropical Storm Alberto to Bring Heavy Rain to Florida on Tuesday
Jun 11 2006 // Tropical storm Alberto is predicted to bring much needed heavy rain to the Florida’s west coast and into southern Georgia early Tuesday Tuesday morning, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami....
Sloan-Mason Offers Utility Contractors Coverage in Florida
Jun 7 2006 // Sloan-Mason has announced it is targeting Florida domiciled underground utility contractors, including sewer and water main construction companies. The San Diego-based surplus lines broker has non-resident licenses in a...
Comment Sparse in Florida on 80% State Farm Insurance Hike
Jun 7 2006 // Lynn Martin took a day off work and drove all the way from Punta Gorda to Lake Buena Vista, Fla. to talk about homeowner’s insurance. In just under a decade, the 51-year-old has seen her State Farm premiums rise 300...
Fla. Rep. Waters: Hurricane Party Mentality Has Been Replaced by Hurricane-Stress
Jun 6 2006 // The hurricane party mentality is gone, replaced by hurricane stress, Rep. Leslie Waters, R-Pinellas, told the Florida Suncoast Chapter of the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters at the group’s June 5 meeting...
Allstate Dropping Most Earthquake Insurance Nationwide
Jun 5 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co. says it is dropping earthquake insurance to most of its 407,000 quake customers nationwide as a part of a larger move to reduce exposure to catastrophic losses. Allstate Spokesman Mike Siemienas in...
AccuWeather, NOAA warn of active hurricane season
Jun 5 2006 // The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center in State College, Pa., led by Chief Forecaster Joe Bastardi, in its 2006 hurricane season forecast predicted an active hurricane season that could have major repercussions for the U.S....
AccuWeather, NOAA warn of active hurricane season
Jun 5 2006 // The AccuWeather.com Hur-ricane Center in State College, Pa., led by Chief Forecaster Joe Bastardi, in its 2006 hurricane season forecast predicted an active hurricane season that could have major repercussions for the U.S....
Carrot and stick, or bail-out?
Jun 5 2006 // Insurance debate in the Florida Legislature wound down to the final hours of the 2006 spring sessions in Tallahassee, with the final decision ending in the passage of a bill viewed by bystanders as a band-aid approach in...
Agents have until Oct. 1 to register in Florida’s Agency Licensing System
Jun 5 2006 // Florida insurance agents have until Oct. 1 to complete their registration in the Department of Financial Services new Agency Licensing System. Hazel Muhammad, director of the Bureau of Licensing, was one of the featured...
Only 12 of 18 perils happen in Florida, ‘So what’s your problem?’ quips moderator
Jun 5 2006 // The country has experienced 18 different types of natural disasters, while Florida deals with “only” 12 of these perils. Yet insurers and consumers have big problems in Florida. “When you go through the...
AccuWeather, NOAA warn of active hurricane season
Jun 5 2006 // The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center in State College, Pa., led by its chief forecaster, Joe Bastardi, in its 2006 hurricane season forecast predicted an active hurricane season that could have major repercussions for the...
‘Significant’ Fla. reform bill could be national model, says PIA chief
Jun 5 2006 // Elements of a property insurance reform bill signed into law May 16 by Florida Governor Jeb Bush could be included and effective in national legislation, according to Len Brevik, executive vice president and CEO of the...
News Currents
Jun 5 2006 // AccuWeather, NOAA warn of active hurricane season The AccuWeather.com Hur-ricane Center in State College, Pa., led by Chief Forecaster Joe Bastardi, in its 2006 hurricane season forecast predicted an active hurricane...
News Currents
Jun 5 2006 // AccuWeather, NOAA warn of active hurricane season The AccuWeather.com Hur-ricane Center in State College, Pa., led by Chief Forecaster Joe Bastardi, in its 2006 hurricane season forecast predicted an active hurricane...
AccuWeather, NOAA warn of active hurricane season
Jun 5 2006 // The AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center in State College, Pa., led by Chief Forecaster Joe Bastardi, in its 2006 hurricane season forecast predicted an active hurricane season that could have major repercussions for the U.S....
