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Neighbors, Volunteers and Faith Groups Spring into Action as Charley Bears Down on Southeast
Aug 13 2004 // by Susan Kim By Friday morning, two million residents and visitors had evacuated Florida as Hurricane Charley edged its 110-mph winds closer to the state’s west coast. The storm could send parts of Tampa and its...
Storm Bonnie Spawns Tornadoes from Fla. to Va.
Aug 13 2004 // Severe weather from Tropical Storm Bonnie spawned tornadoes from Florida to Virginia Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, killing three people and destroying numerous homes. In Rocky Point, N.C., a twister killed three...
RMS: Hurricane Charley Insured Losses Could Top $15 Billion as Storm Moves
Aug 13 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, has updated its forecast and loss estimates (See National news) for Hurricane Charley to reflect changes in the...
Ga. Gov. Declares State of Emergency in Preparation for Charley’s Impact
Aug 13 2004 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has declared a state of emergency in preparation for the impact from Hurricane Charley, which continued its romp across Florida Friday evening. The state of emergency will continue to midnight...
Hurricane Charley Heads for U.S. Mainland
Aug 12 2004 // As of 8:00 this morning Hurricane Charley was passing over Western Cuba, and the National Hurricane Center in Miami puts the storm on a track to strike Central Florida by tomorrow morning. Residents (and their insurers) in...
Fla. A.G. Warns Against Price Gouging, Repair Scams as Storms Approach State
Aug 12 2004 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist has activated a toll-free hotline and urged Florida residents to report suspected price gouging associated with Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricane Charley. The Attorney...
Fla. Residents Brace Themselves for Charley’s Visit
Aug 12 2004 // Residents of coastal areas can take steps now to make the insurance claims process move smoothly should their property be damaged by Hurricane Charley, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). According...
RMS: Direct Charley Hit Losses Could Top $10 Billion
Aug 12 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, on Thursday warned that insured losses in the U.S. could exceed $10 billion if Hurricane Charley follows the...
Nationwide Preps for Bonnie, Charley
Aug 11 2004 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. reportedly has claim representatives and agents prepared to assist customers following landfall of Tropical Storm Bonnie or Hurricane Charley. “Claims specialists will be positioned in...
Fla. DFS Honored by Trade Group for Online Database
Aug 11 2004 // The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Workers’ Compensation received top honors from an international trade group that assists national, state and local governments in overseeing...
Florida Gov. Bush Participates in Pensacola Discussion on HSAs
Aug 9 2004 // Gov. Jeb Bush and Floridians for Health Care Choices hosted a town hall meeting recently to provide an opportunity for federal and state healthcare experts to educate employers and employees on the benefits of Health...
Fla. CFO Warns Against Bogus Insurance Offers
Aug 5 2004 // At least 150 pregnant women were reportedly lured into buying bogus health insurance by a man not even licensed to sell insurance, prompting Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher to issue a renewed warning...
Fitch Reports Fla. Hurricane CAT Fund Upgraded
Aug 4 2004 // The authorized bonding program of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) has been upgraded to ‘AA’ from ‘A+’. The FHCF provides reinsurance coverage of up to $15 billion per hurricane season,...
Fla. CFO Appoints Burgess as Consumer Advocate
Aug 3 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher announced that he has re-appointed Steve Burgess as the state’s insurance consumer advocate. Burgess, who served as the state’s first insurance consumer...
Fla. Employer of Killed, Injured Workers Ordered to Halt Work Actions
Aug 2 2004 // The employer of two workers killed and at least three who were injured last month in a construction accident on a Hobe Sound work site has been ordered to cease all business operations in Florida. The order was issued...
PCI Appoints McKay as Federal Affairs Director
Jul 29 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) announced that Benjamin J. McKay III, former chief of staff for U.S. Representative Katherine Harris (R-FL), will serve as the new director of federal affairs in...
Florida Sen. Nelson Unveils Measure to Reduce Hurricane Losses
Jul 27 2004 // U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, who helped rebuild the state’s insurance market following Hurricane Andrew, has unveiled legislation aimed at reducing the loss of life and property caused by hurricanes, tornadoes...
Fla. Sen. Bill Nelson Continues to Fly New Missions for Sunshine State
Jul 23 2004 // Bill Nelson Florida Senator As his bio notes growing up as a child, Florida Senator Bill Nelson never imagined that one day he would both catapult into space from a NASA launch site just miles from his grandfather’s...
Florida Senator Bill Nelson Continues to Fly New Missions
Jul 19 2004 // Flying New Missions Bill Nelson As his bio notes, as a child Florida Senator Bill Nelson never imagined that one day he would both catapult into space from a NASA launch site just miles from his grandfather’s...
FLORIDA RESPONDS TO PIA REQUEST TO PROTECT SOLDIERS:
Jul 19 2004 // Florida officials are responding to a call by the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida (PIA) making it clear that no insurance company should deny auto coverage to U.S. Armed Forces personnel, or raise their rates,...
