Latest Florida Headlines
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Fla. AG Warns: Beware of Unscrupulous Operators Capitalizing on Hurricane Rita
Sep 20 2005 // Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist has warned unscrupulous businesses operators against attempting to take advantage of Florida residents and visitors as they cope with potential emergency conditions brought on...
Insurance Commissioners To Form National CAT Insurance Program
Sep 20 2005 // Insurance Commissioners of several large states will convene at a summit to develop a National Catastrophe Insurance Program. The summit is being organized by California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi,...
Latin Agents Urge Insurers to Join the Hispanic Market Explosion
Sep 19 2005 // As the Hispanic population surpasses 40 million with a combined purchasing power of more than $700 million, the insurance industry is keeping its eye on this ever-growing market segment. Hispanic agents and Latin agent...
NHC Tracking Tropical Storm Rita, Hurricane Philippe
Sep 19 2005 // Rita became the 17th named storm of the current season over the weekend, as maximum sustained winds neared 50 mph (85 km/hr) with higher gusts. Miami’s National Hurricane Center warned that the storm could become a...
Rita Wobbles West Toward Key West; Expected to Gain Hurricane Strength Monday Evening, Hit Keys Tuesday Morning
Sep 19 2005 // Tourists and residents are beginning to evacuate Key West, and homeowners and businessmen are boarding-up, as Tropical Storm Rita continues on a path from east of Nassau, Bahamas toward south Florida. Rita’s winds...
FAIA Studying Windstorm ‘Vehicle’
Sep 19 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has announced it will study “another avenue” for covering hurricane wind damage in Florida and would like to establish its own “vehicle” to insure...
S. Floridians Viewed Hurricane Katrina as an Expensive Nuisance
Sep 19 2005 // Insurance adjusters scrambled to South Florida to work on claims before they realized Hurricane Katrina was going to cross into the Gulf of Mexico and become a catastrophic hurricane devastating Mississippi and...
S. FLA. ASSISTANCE OFFICES
Sep 19 2005 // Four South Florida locations where consumer service professionals will be assisting victims of Hurricane Katrina have been announced by Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO. Department of Financial Service specialists will...
Fla. Lawmakers Nelson, Foley Voice Support for National CAT Fund
Sep 19 2005 // Two Florida lawmakers, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and U.S. Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), have voiced support for a national catastrophe fund insurance companies would establish to provide extra funding in the event of...
Nationwide Concerns Fla. CFO
Sep 19 2005 // Concerns have been voiced by Florida’s CFO Tom Galla-gher over Nationwide of Florida’s decision not to renew policyholders in Florida. “I’m deeply concerned that Nation-wide Insurance is...
People & Places
Sep 19 2005 // David Gilbert Five Florida physicians recently received the 2005 Florida CHOICE Awards for Workers’ Compensation in Tampa, Fla. The awards honor physicians for demonstrating excellence in treating injured employees,...
VESTA PREDICTS ITS KATRINA LOSSES
Sep 19 2005 // Preliminary gross income losses of from $500,000 to $1.2 million have been predicted by the Vesta Insurance Group of Birmingham, Ala. for damages caused by Hurricane Katrina. Vesta’s Florida Select unit has about...
Fla. Task Force to Discuss How to Solve Hurricane Insurance Crisis
Sep 19 2005 // A 12-member Task Force on Long-Term Solutions for Florida’s Hurricane Insurance Market is studying how to help Floridians obtain hurricane insurance, amid complaints that consumers don’t have a seat on the...
Fla. Lawmakers Nelson, Foley Voice Support for National CAT Fund
Sep 19 2005 // Two Florida lawmakers, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and U.S. Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.), have voiced support for a national catastrophe fund insurance companies would establish to provide extra funding in the event of...
Nationwide Concerns Fla. CFO
Sep 19 2005 // Concerns have been voiced by Florida’s CFO Tom Galla-gher over Nationwide of Florida’s decision not to renew policyholders in Florida. “I’m deeply concerned that Nation-wide Insurance is...
People
Sep 19 2005 // Five Florida physicians recently received the 2005 Florida CHOICE Awards for Workers’ Compensation in Tampa, Fla. The awards honor physicians for demonstrating excellence in treating injured employees, and are...
NATIONWIDE CUTS BACK
Sep 19 2005 // The Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has announced it is taking steps to reduce its property exposure in Florida. After these reductions, Nationwide said it will continue to serve more than 570,000 policies in Florida,...
Associations educate agents
Sep 19 2005 // As the Hispanic population surpasses 40 million with a combined purchasing power of more than $700 million, the insurance industry is keeping its eye on this ever-growing market segment. Hispanic agents and Latin agent...
Citizens COO Allegedly Took Kickback; Florida CFO Gallagher Launches Investigation
Sep 15 2005 // Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher announced on Thursday afternoon he has launched a fraud investigation into allegations by Universal Risk Insurance Services of Houston, Texas, that R. Paul Hulsebusch, chief operating...
Industry Opens Hurricane Insurance Information Center
Sep 15 2005 // In the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina, the U.S. insurance industry has established the Hurricane Insurance Information Center (HIIC) in Jackson, Mississippi. Additional centers will be opened in other Gulf Coast...
