Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Pre-New Year’s Update

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PIP requirement back in new year

Florida drivers will have personal injury protection coverage added to their policies Jan. 1 as the state returns to a no-fault system after a three-month break.

 

Rare storm’s name depends on year

Will it become the last named storm of 2007 or the first named storm of 2008 — or will it fizzle into nothing more than a meteorological curiosity?

 

Workers comp undergoes renewed scrutiny

Not unlike Florida homeowners, businesses have been hammered by rising property insurance premiums and property taxes.

 

Katrina recovery leader to retire

The Federal Emergency Management Agency official who for the past two years led the agency’s troubled Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts will retire Thursday, the head of FEMA announced in an internal memo.

 

Ron Klein rebuts criticism of disaster insurance bill

Earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney and I drafted and passed the Homeowners’ Defense Act, an innovative bill to help resolve the homeowners’ insurance crisis that plagues our state.

 

Coastal buyout applause

Plan for vulnerable properties makes scientific, fiscal sense

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, through its Mississippi Coastal Improvements Project, is preparing an important new proposition for Congress. The corps is proposing to buy 17,000 properties significantly impacted by Hurricane Katrina in southern Mississippi.