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Study Finds Economic Costs of Federal Cat Legislation Burdensome
Aug 22 2008 // Natural catastrophe legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and pending in the U.S. Senate would create a multi-billion dollar burden on taxpayers in at least 20 states, according to a new study released...
Florida Gov. Requests Federal State of Emergency as Fay Pours Down
Aug 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...
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Aug 21 2008 // The Chubb Corp. has made four executives appointments: John J. Degnan has been named vice chairman and chief operating officer. Degnan, a former attorney general of New Jersey who joined Chubb nearly 18 years ago, was...
Liability Coverage Demand Seen Rising with Florida Elderly Services Crunch
Aug 21 2008 // Dramatic growth in assisted living and home care may increase professional and general liability risks.. Florida faces a crisis in meeting the demand for aging services over the next 22 years as the population aged 85 and...
5 Florida Regions Among Top 10 Tornado-Prone
Aug 21 2008 // The rural area to the northeast of Denver, Colo., tops the nation when it comes to regions most prone to tornados, according to Boston-based CDS Business Mapping LLC, an online hazard mapping firm. The top 10 most tornado...
Colorado Ranks High on Tornado Charts
Aug 21 2008 // Tornadoes are usually classified using the Fujita Tornado Scale, or FScale developed by Dr. T. Theodore Fujita at the University of Chicago in 1971, CDS said. Using FScale classifications, the study looked at whether there...
Florida Insurance Salesman’s Shoe Found in Stomach of Slain Bear
Aug 20 2008 // Tennessee authorities cut open a slain bear and found a Florida man’s shoe lost while fighting off a bear that attacked his 8-year-old son in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The footwear was discovered in...
Fay Sits on Florida, Brings Heavy Rainfall
Aug 20 2008 // As of 8 a.m. the National Weather Service said Tropical Storm Fay was centered near Cape Canaveral and headed slowly in a northerly direction. A tropical storm warning remains in effect from north of Jupiter Inlet,...
Florida’s Citizens Closes Emergency Operations Center in Naples
Aug 20 2008 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s emergency operations center located in Naples, Florida will close at 6 p.m. today (Aug. 20). Policyholders who may have sustained damage from Tropical Storm Fay are advised to make...
Tropical Storm Fay Reaches Florida, Fails to Reach Hurricane Status
Aug 19 2008 // Tropical Storm Fay remained at tropical storm status when it arrived on Florida’s mainland. As of 8 a.m. EDT (Aug. 19), Fay’s center was north of Immokalee and about 20 miles south of LaBelle and moving toward...
Risk Modeler: Tropical Storm Fay Turned East Sooner than Expected
Aug 19 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Fay took an eastward turn sooner than expected and made landfall at Cape Romano, Florida, on Aug. 19 at around 5 a.m. EDT. “Landfall was along...
Florida’s Citizens Opens Emergency Operations Center
Aug 19 2008 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. opened a mobile response location in Naples to serve Floridians dealing with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Fay. The center is open until 6 p.m. today (Aug. 19) and will operate from 8...
Florida Farm Bureau to Re-file its Homeowners Rates
Aug 18 2008 // Florida Farm Bureau will withdraw its rate filing and prepare a new rate filing to address any and all of Florida regulators’ concerns, according to a company announcement. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation...
UPDATE: Tropical Storm Fay Remains on Course for Florida
Aug 18 2008 // As of 11:00 a.m. EDT the center of Tropical Storm Fay was about 70 Miles (115 kms) south-southeast of Key West Florida and about 65 miles (103 kms) east-northeast of Havana Cuba. Florida’s governor has declared a...
Florida Financial Chief Urges Storm Preparedness
Aug 18 2008 // Florida Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Alex Sink urged Floridians to continue to monitor and prepare for Tropical Storm Fay including taking the necessary financial and fire safety precautions to weather...
ReAdvisory Issues Analysis of Fay as she Approaches Florida Mainland
Aug 18 2008 // In a report issued Aug. 17, ReAdvisory, a modeling and risk assessment service of reinsurer Carvill America Inc., said Tropical Storm Fay became the sixth named storm of the 2008 hurricane season early on the evening of...
Tropical Storm Fay Crosses Cuba; Heading for Florida
Aug 17 2008 // Miami’s National Hurricane Center is closely tracking Tropical Storm Fay, as it passes over Cuba. Storm warnings are in effect for most of the island, as well as the Cayman Islands The NHC reported early Sunday...
Fay Threatens Florida, Governor Takes Preemptive Measures
Aug 17 2008 // As Tropical Storm Fay takes aim at the Florida Keys and the the Gulf-side Florida mainland, Gov. Charlie Crist declared a statewide state of emergency. The executive order, penned on Aug. 16, activates the Florida National...
Florida-based Brown & Brown Acquires Reed Brothers Assets
Aug 15 2008 // A subsidiary of Florida-based Brown & Brown Inc. acquired the assets of Reed Brothers Insurance Group Inc., of Columbia, Kentucky and Tampa, Florida, according to officers of the companies. Reed Brothers Insurance...
Florida Gov. Appoints 2 to Citizens Board of Governors
Aug 15 2008 // Florida Gov. Charlie Crist appointed two new members to Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s Board of Governors. Sherill W. Hudson, 65, of Coral Gables, succeeds G. Bruce Douglas. Hudson is chief executive officer for...
