January 2, 2006 Construction Markets

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Features
Meeting Today’s Challenges and Preparing for Tomorrow’s
Several pressing public policy issues remain to be debated in the...
Features
Hispanics in Naples, Fla., lacked info about Hurricane Wilma
Hispanics in Florida reported they lacked directions and information...
Features
Living Near Restaurants, Medical Buildings, Grocery Stores Has Risks
If you live within a mile of a church, you're far less likely to have...
Features
Citizens Board of Governors Approves New Florida Rates
The Citizens Property Insur-ance Corp. board of governors has...
People & Places
People
Michael Robinson has been named vice president and zone manager of...
Features
Hurricane experts Max Mayfield, Bill Bailey to speak
Two leading hurricane experts, Max Mayfield, director of the National...
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Ga. Legislative Meetings Successful
A series of six legislative meetings attended by 30 legislators and...
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Four claim types common at Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Premium fraud, working without workers' compensation coverage,...
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Used vehicles need flood damage background checks
Flood damage checks are an essential buyer's tool so used car...
Features
Grant of Attorney Fees
Mercury Insurance Company v. Cooper (Fla. App., 3rd Dist., Nov. 23,...
Closing Quote
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to...
Features
Florida ‘draws a line in the sand,’ tightens workers’ comp enforcement
In October, 2003, when the Florida Legislature approved an updated...
Editor's Note
Editor’s Note: Politicians Attempt to Derail Hurricane Bill
As this issue went to press, it looked as if the Hurricane Recovery...
Features
Hurricane Katrina Leveled Pascagoula, Miss., Home of U.S. Sen. Trent Lott; He’s Suing State Farm for Damages
U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., is suing his insurance company over...
Features

Andrew Sabolic, chief of the Florida Workers' Compensation Bureau of...
TOC
6 Hurricane experts Max Mayfield, Bill Bailey
Full agenda slated for Feb. 8 to 11 windstorm conference 6 Ga....
Features
Tenn. bill would require sinkhole coverage
Tenn. Rep. Mike McDonald has filed a bill that would require...
Features
Lauly Peterson, Kiln, Miss., Agent Cleaning Up After Katrina
We returned to Kiln, Miss., knowing our home was gone and then were...
Fraud Roundup
FLORIDA
The Florida Division of Insurance Fraud has released a list of...
Features
Updated Info on Citizens Commissions
The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors agreed to...
Editor's Note
Politicians attempt to derail hurricane bill
As this issue went to press, it looked as if the Hurricane Recovery...
Features
Tenn. bill would require sinkhole coverage
Tenn. Rep. Mike McDonald has filed a bill that would require...
Case Watch
Grant of Attorney Fees
Mercury Insurance Company v. Cooper (Fla. App., 3rd Dist., Nov. 23,...
Case Watch
Auto No-Fault
Medical provider failed to attach 'Assignment of Benefits Form' to...
Case Watch
Exclusions Aircraft
'Aircraft'exclusions ineffective Tucker v. Texas Lloyds Insurance...
Features
Living Near Restaurants, Medical Buildings, Grocery Stores Has Risks
If you live within a mile of a church, you're far less likely to have...
Features
Hurricane Katrina leveled Pascagoula, Miss., home of U.S. Sen. Trent Lott; He’s suing State Farm for damage
U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., is suing his insurance company over...
People & Places
People & Places
Frank Sheppard Michael Robinson has been named vice president and...
Newsbriefs
GA. LEGISLATIVE MEETINGS SUCCESSFUL
A series of six legislative meetings attended by 30 legislators and...
Features
Hurricane contractors: Working without a safety net
For the clean up of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to...
Fraud Roundup
DoI Lists Fraud Arrests, Convictions, Ongoing Investigations
The Florida Division of Insurance Fraud has released a list of...
Fraud Roundup
Okeechobee Contractor Alleged to Have Filed Fake Workers’ Comp Claims
Okeechobee building contractor Merle Dee Johnson bonded out of the...
Fraud Roundup
Eight Arrested Staging Miami Auto Crash
Eight members of an alleged staged-crash-ring, accused of filing more...
Features
Florida ‘draws a line in the sand,’ tightens workers’ comp enforcement
In October, 2003, when the Florida Legislature approved an updated...
Newsbriefs
HISPANICS IN NAPLES, FLA., LACKED INFO ABOUT HURRICANE WILMA
Hispanics in Florida reported they lacked directions and information...
Features
Four claim types common at Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Premium fraud, working without workers' compensation coverage,...
Features
Citizens Board of Governors approves new Florida rates
45 percent coastal, 21 percent inland The Citizens Property...
Features
Lauly Peterson, Kiln, Miss., Agent Cleaning Up After Katrina
We returned to Kiln, Miss., knowing our home was gone and then were...
Features
Updated info on Citizens commissions
The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors agreed to...
Features
Used vehicles need flood damage background checks
Flood damage checks are an essential buyer's tool so used car...
Features
Hurricane experts Max Mayfield, Bill Bailey to speak
Slated for Orlando windstorm conference Two leading hurricane...
Features
Restaurant sales to top $500 billion in 2006
Restaurant industry sales are expected to reach a record $511 billion...
Features
Artisan contractors run for liability cover
Artisan contractors are being squeezed in the insurance market as...
Features
Sizing Up The Construction Market
The list of insurers is hsorter and restrictions longer When he is...
Features
Brokers continue to gain; M&A activity remains steady
Stock Prices: Insurance brokers continued to experience gains in...
Features
Constructive advice
Producers in construction offer advice for producers breaking in...
Features
Table-top TVs, Web access and other trends
The National Restaurant Association forecasts the following trends:...
Features
Risk management strategies before, during and after construction
The construction-defect wave of the past decade has demonstrated that...
Features
Building up construction insurance, block by block
Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well...
Features
2006: The year when changes take hold
This coming 2006 New Year seems like it will be the start of a year...

National Coverage

Features
Brokers continue to gain; M&A activity remains steady
Stock Prices: Insurance brokers continued to experience gains in...
Features
Restaurants put risk management on the menu
The restaurant marketplace is becoming more complex than ever with...
Features
New federal terrorism reinsurance differs from original in key
Right before going home for the holidays, Congress reconciled...
Features
Study: carpal tunnel not caused by computer use
A new report from Harvard Medical School refutes the common...
Features
By Don Neff
The construction-defect wave of the past decade has demonstrated that...
Features
2005 P/C industry in a word: Resilience
The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of...
Features
Effect of Navy shipbuilder payments on insurance questioned
A Navy plan to pay Gulf Coast shipbuilders about $1.7 billion for...
Features

Restaurant sales to top $500 billion in 2006 Restaurant industry...
Features
Artisan contractors run for liability cover
Artisan contractors are being squeezed in the insurance market as...
Features
By Andrew G. Simpson
Agent Dave Sinclair remembers his first construction account well...
Features
Lots of stability
When he is presented with a construction account at his office on...
Features
Table-top TVs, Web access and other trends
The National Restaurant Association forecasts the following trends:...
Features
Millions of families have wrong insurance coverage
At least 32 million U.S. households own insurance policies that...
Features
2006 construction forecast: sunny
Construction executives overall are more cautious than in the recent...
Minding Your Business
2006: The year when changes take hold
This coming 2006 New Year seems like it will be the start of a year...