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Insurance Industry Fixed Hurricane Frances Payout Limit BEFORE the Storm Made Landfall


So what's wrong with this press release from the Insurance Information Institute: "The historic one-two punch of Hurricanes Frances and Charley will make the claims handling process in Florida more difficult, but still manageable, according to the Insurance Information Institute. The I.I.I. stressed that the insurance industry anticipates such catastrophic events and has sufficient financial resources to pay the claims."Charles and Frances together do not pose a solvency-threatening event to the industry," said Robert Hartwig, chief economist." Here's what's wrong: this press release was issued on Sept 3 - BEFORE Frances made landfall! How would they know the storm wouldn't threaten their solvency unless they had pre-set a pay out limit?

http://www.iii.org/media/updates/press.737788/



Did Bush's Insurnace Pals Inflate Charley's Cost to Aid Bush Campaign?


There is no question at all that Hurricane Charley was a huge disaster that left a horrific swath of damage. But - was it extensive enough to now be ranked the FIFTH most costly disaster in the world since 1970 and the FOURTH most costly in US history, outranking even Hurricane Floyd and Hugo? Isabel, which wiped out homes from North Carolina to Delaware - most of them middle class and lower income residences - did not even make the list. But then, 2002 wasn't an election year. Guess it pays to live in a swing state where the governor is the president's brother.

http://iii.org/media/facts/statsbyissue/catastrophes/



Sinclair-owned FOX Affiliate Runs Florida Real Estate Infomercials by Land Scammers in Wake of Hurricanes

How LOW can you go? FOX and Sinclair Broadcasting continually lower the bar. This one takes the cake: An alert Dem reported to us that on Sept. 8, 2004, that Sinclair Broadcasting-owned FOX affiliate WBFF-45 in Baltimore ran an infomercial for a company selling lots in Port- Charlotte, FLA - which took a direct hit in Hurricane Charley - except the infomercial showed pre-hurricane images - deceptive to say the least! The Dem called and complained - but at noon the same day, the station ran ANOTHER FLA real estate infomercial - this one for Sugarmill Woods - which sustained flooding - for a company that was found guilty of land scamming. Yet another testament to the vulture-like greed of FOX and Sinclair. Tell 'em what you think! http://www.foxbaltimore.com/baltimore_md/

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/08/17/Citrus/Ruling_compensates_bu.shtml

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