May 2007
Risky Business ~ The End of an Era
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Breakline Risky Business Government-supported insurance lowers hurricane premiums Hurricane Andrew's devastation in 1992 forced Floridians to take a hard look at building codes, a process credited with making the state an early national leader in hurricane protection. Fifteen years after Andrew, an outcry among Sunshine State residents over spiraling premiums has pushed lawmakers toward more sweeping reforms — this time in insurance. But as a similar outcry builds in other coastal states, it remains to be seen whether Florida's insurance reforms will prove as visionary or durable as its building code reforms. In a two-week special session in January, newly
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