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Insurers learn to pinpoint risks -- and avoid them
Times Staff WriterNEWARK, CALIF. — Hemant Shah is in the business of creating catastrophes. The computers at Shah's Silicon Valley company, Risk Management Solutions Inc., contain mathematical models of every U.S. disaster from the 1812 earthquake that toppled...Tags: Wildfires, Lobbying, Bloomington, Disasters and Accidents, Science and Technology
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Citizens offers cheaper rate option with no fanfare
Miami HeraldLast year, the Florida Legislature mandated Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to offer a cheaper, more limited coverage option to homeowners, potentially saving them up to 70 percent on their premiums. Citizens, which is trying to raise its prices in...Tags: Weather Warnings, Spring Hill (Hernando, Florida), The Miami Herald, Crime, Law and Justice, Mike Fasano
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David Hart: Chance to right-size Cat Fund fails
For far too long, Florida has been only one costly storm away from financial catastrophe, with homeowners, businesses, charities, churches and automobile policyholders paying heavy "hurricane tax" assessments from past hurricanes. We also face the risk...Tags: Natural Disasters, Finance, Business, Economy, Business and Finance, Florida Legislature
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Gilway: Post-session Citizens is best ever
Hurricane season doesn't officially start until next month, but Citizens Property Insurance Corp. already has weathered a series of political and public-relations storms. Still shy of his first anniversary at the helm of Citizens Property Insurance Corp....Tags: Politics, Natural Disasters, Government, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Business
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The constant storm over insurance rates in Florida
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.Florida homeowners are grappling with a familiar nightmare this time of year, and it's not fear of a major hurricane. Once more, property owners enter hurricane season threatened with paying higher insurance rates -- particularly if they're with state-...Tags: Natural Disasters, Saint Petersberg (Russia), St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), Hurricanes, Rick Scott
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Report: No retaliation found in Citizens' firings
The firing of four members of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s Office of Corporate Integrity last fall was not retaliatory, according to the final report issued Monday by Gov. Rick Scott's chief inspector general investigating the incident. Six months...Tags: Politics, Government, Rick Scott, Insurance
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Insurance, gaming, Everglades interests tip the lobbying scales
Tallahassee Bureau ChiefTALLAHASSEE -- Insurance carriers, sugar growers pushing to lessen their pollution costs, telecommunications giant AT&T, and an Internet cafe software company dominated spending on lobbyists to influence the Florida Legislature over the first three months...Tags: Politics, Altamonte Springs, Career and Workplace, Lobbying, Tampa
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In Florida, insurance is a game we can't win
To get a sense of how much Floridians pay insurance companies every year, consider this: The state's upcoming annual budget is $74.3 billion. Insurance coverage costs us more: roughly $112 billion and rising, according to state figures. That includes...Tags: Bill Nelson, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Long Term Care, Insurance
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Now, it's Gov. Scott's turn to show leadership on the budget
South Florida survived the Florida Legislature. Up next is Gov. Rick Scott who can turn a bill into law and a lawmaker's budget request into reality — or not. Over the next two weeks, the governor will either approve, or kill, a number of...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Laws, Politics, Insurance, Local Government
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Health care, teacher raises, 'revenge porn' in 50 words or fewer
In some ways, the Florida Legislature is like a bomb. We know it will go off. We know there will be casualties. But it sometimes takes a while to assess the damage. That's why I'm here to help. Think of me as your one-man disaster-response team...
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Rating local lawmakers: Gardiner, Simmons stand out
Florida voters send 160 of their fellow citizens to the Capitol in Tallahassee for 60 days each year. But power and wisdom aren't apportioned equally among Florida lawmakers. Usually only a handful of them shape events, for good or ill, during legislative...
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