Catastrophes in the News - Older Articles
Florida's Failing Cat Fund
- Helping citizens protect property should be state priority, Pensacola News Journal, August 13, 2008
- Insurance rates v. state solvency: Did overreaction create a crisis? Daytona Beach News-Journal Online, August 7, 2008
- Is state's insurance deal win-win for a billionaire? HerladTribune.com, July 31, 2008
- Buyer's remorse over state's cat fund. TampaBay.com, Thursday July 3rd, 2008.
- 2005 hurricane season still proving costly for Floridians, Orlando Sentinel, June 4, 2008, Consumers are still paying for the 2005 hurricanes and the bill just got a little steeper.
- Florida's Risk in Insurance, FloridaTrend.com, June 1, 2008, Consumers warned to get checkbooks ready.
- Our view: Fleeced again, FloridaToday.com, April 1, 2008
- Insurance risks still looming, St. Petersburg Times, March 28, 2008
- On storms, our heads are still in the sand, Howard Troxler, St. Petersburg Times, March 27, 2008
- Citizens is Achilles Heel, Russel Ray, Tampa Tribune, March 15, 2008
- Flirting with Disaster - Washington Post, Editorials, March 5, 2008
- When the government sells insurance, everybody pays - USAToday.com, Opinion, November 27, 2007
- Florida's Folly - The Wall Street Journal On-Line, Review and Outlook, April 20, 2007
Proactive Steps in the States
- Proactive storm proofing legislation introduced - News release issued by industry coalition supporting Representative Bernie Thompson's HR 6424, July 1, 2008.
- An ill wind blows through Congress, Times-Herald, June 5, 2008, Criticizes federal legislation that places hurricane risk on taxpayers
- Editorial: Shifting hurricane risk to taxpayers, The Roanoke Times, March 26, 2008
- What's Going On: Dealing with reality in flood-insurance reauthorization, Agent and Broker Magazine, February 2008
- Is the government really equipped to handle catastrophic insurance? Jack Carter, RGJ.com
Financial Markets Impacting State Funds
- Bond troubles may dog Citizens, Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-Picayune, February 14th, 2008
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