Naples Daily News–March 4, 2009 By RYAN MILLS NAPLES – Golden Gate Estates residents who thought the 800-acre inferno that destroyed three homes and threatened hundreds more last summer was bad, well, hold on to...
Dallas Business Journal--March 2, 2009 Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal – by Chris Newmarker Staff Writer Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC is buying Bloomington-based John B. Collins Associates Inc. in a move meant to...
The solvency of the state’s storm damage insurance fund is a key issue for lawmakers. With rates likely to rise, the question has become by how much. BY BEATRICE E. GARCIAMarch 1, 2009 The respite from sharply rising...
Miami Herald--March 2, 2009 BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA A debate over workers’ compensation insurance will pit attorneys and workers’ rights advocates against business and insurers. The argument is the result of a...
Miami Herald–March 1, 2009 Credit scores and credit reports should not be used to set car and home insurance rates, some Florida lawmakers say. State Rep. Priscilla Taylor, a West Palm Beach Democrat, said especially...
A state consumer advocate contemplates legislation to ban health insurers from charging women more than men for their coverage. BY JOHN DORSCHNER Miami Herald–March 1, 2009 The Florida Legislature this year may consider...
By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA http://www.newsserviceflorida.com THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 2, 2009… Opponents of a deal between U.S. Sugar and the South Florida Water Management District say...
STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – MONDAY, MARCH. 2, 2009 THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA GROUP: CAT FUND A PAPER TIGER Florida’s $29 billion hurricane safety net couldn’t fulfill its duties without federal aid or the backing of...
1/20/09 PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD Yolanda Nader the CEO and CFO of Dosal Tobacco Corporation at their Opa Locka headquarters PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD Posted on Mon, Feb. 23, 2009 Dosal opposes new cigarette fee By...
From The News Service of Florida WORKERS COMP FIX LIKELY But the House is likely to spend some time this week on a workers compensation bill, according to Acting House Speaker Larry Cretul, who on Tuesday is expected to drop...