Mike Hasten • mhasten@gannett.com • October 12, 2008 BATON ROUGE - Armed with a message of change and a new political party that supports him, state treasure John Kennedy has set his sights on a big target, incumbent U.S. Sen....
Intended as the last resort, Florida's largest property insurer may have to borrow to pay claims if a major storm hits How can state leaders shrink Florida's state-backed home insurer which has become a behemoth?
Forbes Magazine dated October 27, 2008 We're getting better at predicting how many hurricanes will hit each year, when and where they'll make landfall and how destructive they're likely to be. After Hurricane Andrew the...
In the wake of criticism by key Florida lawmakers, the state-backed property and casualty insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., is backing off plans to seek a new, larger office complex that onc
Last month's decision by state regulators to reject a big rate hike by State Farm insurance company could lead to some clarity on where Florida is going on insurance issues. With it is looking as if Florida might have...
By CATHERINE DOLINSKI The Tampa Tribune Published: September 27, 2008 State officials on Friday were assessing what effect Washington Mutual's failure Thursday would have on stocks, bonds and other investments the state...
Years after damage from hurricanes, 2,000 households still have unresolved damage claims against state-run Citizens insurance Although the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005 are but a fading memory, Citizens Property Insurance...
04:31 PM CDT on Thursday, September 18, 2008 Melinda Deslatte / Eyewitness News BATON ROUGE, La. -- More than 41,000 property damage claims have poured into Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. since hurricanes...
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will hold forums in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties this month to answer questions and take suggestions. A forum will be held 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Miami Marriott Dadeland...
Commissioner Jim Donelon said the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has received 26,000 Gustav claims so far and the company estimates the storm will cost it $150 million - an amount Donelon said Citizens can...