Southeast News for February 2007
- Fla. Homeowners File Suit Seeking Payments for Permit Fees
- Grant Money at Stake as Biloxi Votes on Elevation Requirement
- Safer Schools Seminar Coming to Tenn. on March 7
- Tenn. Jury Awards $4.2 Million in Nursing Home Death
- USI Holdings Closes on Purchase of H.W. Gates Agency in Tenn.
- Property Taxes, Insurance Among Top Issues for Fla. Lawmakers
- Real Estate Agents Hoping Fla. Insurance Rate Measures Revive Sales
- Wholesale Broker All Risks Opens Orlando Office
- Researcher Says Stronger Building Codes Made Difference in Fla. Tornadoes
- N.C. Woman Arrested on Charges of Embezzling Insurance Premiums
- S.C. Gov. Sanford’s Business Reforms Include Workers’ Comp
- Custard Insurance Adjusters Promotes Two in Ga.
- State Farm Eyes Auto Rate Cuts When Fla. No-Fault Law Expires
- Nobody Hurt in Kentucky Insurance Agency Drive-Thru
- Multi-State Natural Disaster Insurance Plan Gets Cool Reception
- Hope Mills, N.C. Woman Arrested for Insurance Fraud
- Insurers Drop Court Challenge as Fla. Clarifies Cancellation Ban
- Miss. Gov. Barbour Rejects Hood’s Call to Block State Farm
- Fla. Sees First Rate Cuts Since Cat Fund Expansion
- Appalachian Underwriters Expands in Tenn.
- State Farm to Retain Coverage of Some Coastal Ala. Residents
- Fla. Insurers Advised on Filing Discounted Rates Required by Law
- Commissioner Dale Doubts Florida-Like Law is Answer in Mississippi
- Miss. AG Hood Attacks State Farm as ‘Robber Baron’
- Insurers Dispute Fla. Criticisms of Education and Job Rating Criteria
- ‘Fire-Safe’ Cigarette Bill Advances in Kentucky
- Winter Park, Fla. Agency Merges with Beecher Carlson
- Tenn. Posting Doctors’ Malpractice Information Online
- Miss. Commissioner, AG Upset Over State Farm Cutback
- Fla.’s Citizens Vows to be More Consumer Friendly
- Fla. CFO Names Milligan as Insurance Consumer Advocate
- Florida Insurers Fight Emergency Rule
- Fla. Public Adjusters Under Restriction by State CFO
- Ga. Proposal Would Require Prior State Approval of Med-Mal Rates
- Auto-Owners Stops Writing New Business in Florida
- Close to New Madrid Fault, Memphis Undertakes Earthquake Planning
- Fla.’s Older Mobile Homes Vulnerable in Fierce Winds
- Industry Defends Job, Education as Rating Factors in Fla. Inquiry
- W.Va. Man Indicted on Felony Count of Insurance Fraud
- Judge To Hear Arguments on Miss. State Farm Settlement
- N.C. Resident Arrested, Accused of Defrauding State Farm
- Poll: Ala. Small Firms Back Riley’s Health Insurance Tax Break
- Ga. Gov. Perdue Pushes ‘Super Speeder’ Legislation
- Fla. Emergency Order Reverses Pre-Tornado Nonrenewals
- Fla. Questioning Use of Education, Job Criteria in Rating Auto Policies
- BISYS Acquires Atlanta-Based Truckwriters From Zurich Programs
- Brown & Brown Buys Fla.’s Shapiro Insurance
- Tourism Leaders Urge S.C. to Deal with Coastal Insurance Costs
- Tenn. Rakes in Penalties from Workers’ Comp Complaints
- Fla. Charges 2 Insurance Brokers, 1 Other in Major Workers’ Comp Fraud
- N.C. Halts Sales By Insurer Accused of Selling Unlicensed Flood Insurance
- Fla. Appeals Court Upholds Asbestos Medical Criteria Law
- Citizens’ Emergency Centers in Central Florida to Close Today
- Alabama Senate Leader Calls for Special Session on Coastal Insurance
- Report: S.C. Insurance Director Kitzman Resigning
- Sen. Richardson Named to Head S.C. Department, Replacing Kitzman
- Fla.: Citizens Tornado Claims Payments Top $500,000
- Fla. Gov. Crist Visits Citizens Catastrophe Response Center; Claims Count Rising
- First Ala. Captive Insurer Licensed Under New Law
- Fla. Commissioner Prohibits Cancellation of Tornado Victims’ Policies
- Four Arrested in N.C., One Wanted; All Accused of Major Insurance Fraud Ring
- Georgia Lawmaker Wants to Ban Genetic Profiling by Insurers, Employers
- St. Paul Travelers Retreats on Ga. Commissions; Hearing Called Off
- Small Earthquake Shakes Western Kentucky
- The Hartford Dropping One-Third of Fla. Property Risks; Tower Hill Reconsiders
- State Farm Won’t Renew 2,600 Policies in Alabama Beach Towns
- Central Florida Clean Up Continues in Wake of Deadly, Costly Tornados
- Miss. Commissioner Dale Raised 40% of Campaign Funds from Insurers
- Severe Weather Brings State of Emergency in 4 Florida Counties
- Fla. Gov. Crist Persuades Cabinet to Block Insurers’ Exit
- Kentucky Asks Judge to Reverse Ruling on Christian Health Plan
- Fla.’s Citizens Insurance Board Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
- USAA Defends Its Katrina Response Against Comments by Miss. AG Hood
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