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Insurers tread water, consumers

Insurers tread water, consumers float costs (Palm Beach Post)
The anger comes through in Michele Baer's voice as she describes what happened: Hurricane Wilma punched a hole in her roof with an Australian pine, and her insurance company has yet to assign an adjuster to assess the damage.

Florida East Coast Industries Increases 2005 Outlook for Railway and Provides Update on Impact From Hurricane Wilma (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Florida East Coast Industries, Inc. today increased the 2005 outlook for Florida East Coast Railway and provided an update on the impact of Hurricane Wilma on its operations.

Wilma slashes Florida's citrus forecast, federal officials say (Sun-Sentinel)
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Hurricane Wilma's late-season sprint across Florida will trim citrus production about 15 percent, but more fruit should still be harvested than last year's storm-ravaged crop, federal officials said Friday. Still, the storm is expected to cause a spike in orange juice prices.

Hurricane, disease drive up Florida orange juice prices (Pravda Ru)
00:56 2005-12-10 Damage from Hurricane Wilma and disease in Florida citrus groves will drive orange juice prices higher, the industry and analysts said Friday.