Strict Florida building codes for architects prove to be a perfect fit forWellbilt`s technology When architects and engineers wanted to “harden” the walls of the FloridaSupreme Court Building in Tallahassee, they...
Changes continue on the Utek Corp. board of directors, but the latest business executive to join has a strong local connection. Mark S. Berset, the chief executive officer of Comegys Insurance, has joined the board of the...
Heading into the most active months of the hurricane season, upcoming regulatory decisions will radically change Florida’s property-insurance market and determine the future for millions of consumers. Pending before...
But ‘surplus lines carriers’ aren’t regulated, backed by Texas By PURVA PATELHOUSTON CHRONICLE Aug. 1, 2009, 4:05PM The state’s largest home insurance companies have hiked rates or announced increases...
An alternative to unlimited liability for taxpayers by Eli Lehrer 08/10/2009, Volume 014, Issue 44 After hijackers destroyed the World Trade Center on 9/11, taxpayers ended up spending a lot of money to aid the injured,...
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Litigation Release No. 21068A / June 4, 2009 Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release No. 3023 / June 4, 2009 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Angelo Mozilo, David Sambol, and...
The Department of Transportation said Thursday that it will not allow private contractors to receive automatic pay hikes this budget year — a savings of at least $10 million — after a state senator called...
Economists said state property values are higher than expected, but tough times are ahead. Fla. property values to keep dropping, but slower Florida’s taxable property values will keep dropping for another year but at a...
Ambulance chasing just took a reckless turn — at the intersection of healthcare and the law. A Miami man was charged Thursday with buying confidential patient records from a Jackson Memorial Hospital employee...
The federal government suspended its “cash for clunkers” program at midnight Thursday after less than four days in business, telling Congress that the plan would burn through its $950 million budget for new-car...