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February 13, 2009
Florida's disaster czar in
Florida's disaster czar in line for FEMA slot (Miami Herald)
Craig Fugate, who led Florida's disaster response during the eight hurricanes that ravaged the state in two years, might soon face one of his toughest challenges yet: leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
State insurance chief shops plan to bolster hurricane catastrophe fund (Miami Herald)
Florida's top insurance regulator is lobbying congressmen to help prop up the state's troubled hurricane catastrophe fund. Office of Insurance Regulation Commissioner Kevin McCarty is shopping a new idea: If a big storm hits and the fund can't borrow large amounts of money from private sources, he wants the federal government to promise to loan the state money.
