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February 01, 2009
State Farm Abandons Florida's
State Farm Abandons Florida's Homeowners Market (NPR)
State Farm has notified officials in Florida that it plans to stop selling property insurance there. The move may leave 1.2 million State Farm customers in the hurricane-prone state looking for an insurance company.
Broward mayor's vote aided lobbyist husband's client (Miami Herald)
Broward Mayor Stacy Ritter voted last year to shift tens of millions of dollars in insurance risk from the owners of the Florida Panthers to the public. At the same time, a Panthers company was paying her lobbyist husband tens of thousands of dollars.


