Catastrophes in the News
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Florida's Failing Cat Fund
- Risky insurance regulation, April 26, 2010
- Expect insurance chaos if hurricane hits hard, April 12, 2010
- Editorial: Hurricane risk, April 8, 2010
- State-dominated insurance system poses threat to Florida's economy, April 7, 2010
- State insurers leave charities vulnerable, March 30, 2010
- Strengthen Citizens insurance, hurricane CAT fund, March 11, 2010
- SPECIAL-REPORT-Weak-insurers-put-Floridians-at-risk, March 1, 2010
- Hurricanes threaten economic recovery, February 6, 2010
- Bill Gunter: Insurance customers still deserve a choice, january 26, 2010
- Rep. Bill Proctor: One big storm could wreck Florida's economic recovery, January 26th, 2010
- Clearwater's Homeowners Choice makes offer for 21st Century Holding Co., October 13, 2009
- Florida's $50B masquerade party, BradentonHerald.com, August 27th, 2009
- Reducing Florida's Risks, Herald Tribune, April 8th, 2009.
- Florida hurricane catastrophe fund under scrutiny, Beatrice E. Garcia, March 28, 2009
- Editorial: Cat Fund Get Real, Newsherald.com, February 10, 2009
- Act before luck runs out, Editorial, St. Petersburg Times, November 30, 2008
- Insurance Groups Urge Fix for Fla. Catastrophe Fund, NU Online News Service, November 25, 2008
- Property insurers face low funding, Gainesville.com, November 11, 2008
- Market meltdown offers a cautionary tale for Florida, HeraldTribune.com, October 27th, 2008
- Crisis looms for Florida's hurricane catastrophe fund, HeraldTribune.com, October 22nd, 2008
- Property insurer is Florida's Fannie Mae, OrlandoSentinel.com, October 22nd, 2008
- Hurricane fund crisis could put homeowners at risk, HeraldTribune.com, October 5th, 2008
Proactive Steps in the States
- Do the right thing for consumers, Houston Chronicle, August 16, 2009
- N.J. should stay out of wind-insurance business, June 23, 2009
- Texas ‘Backstop’ idea appears too risky - Catastrophe fund may have opposite effect, By Eli Lehrer, Houston Chronicle April 12, 2009
- Texans for Responsible Insurance Launches ResponsibleInsurance.org, March 26, 2009
- Louisiana, Florida take different approaches to insurance companies, The Times-Picayune, January 29, 2009
- Citizens policy depopulation attracts new insurers to Louisiana market, New Orleans CityBusiness, October 27, 2008
- Why Disasters are Getting Worse, Time Magazine (9/03/08)
- State's building codes helps minimize losses from California earthquake (07/30/08)
- South Carolina Department of Insurance Awards Safe Home Grants (5/22/08)
- Louisiana Department of Insurance Announces Residential Property Storm Mitigation Incentives (4/03/08)
Catastrophes in Congress
- CEI asks: Is a Beach house Bailout Next?, Press Release, Competitive Enterprise Institute, March 17, 2009
- Be Aware Of Natural Catastrophe Insurance Proposals; Or Pay Later, The Philadelphia Bulletin, Thursday, November 20, 2008
- 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
- Remember Hurricane Ike, not the quiet storm season, Houston Chronicle, December 1, 2009
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