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		<title><![CDATA[Battening down the hatches: coastal-state homeowners are facing a crisis in finding homeowners insurance. And in cases where they can find it, they may not be able to afford it]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Atlantic hurricane season officially kicked off on June 1 of this year, it made a lot of people nervous--and for good reason. After a much-needed lull in 2006, communities along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines braced themselves for the kind of beating they endured in 2004...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Herbert Powell formerly of Itasca.(Obituaries)(Obituary)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Herbert Powell formerly of Itasca    Private family services for Herbert Powell, 85, of Peoria, formerly  of Itasca and Venice, Fla., will be held Saturday, July 14, at Bethel  Lutheran Church in Morton, Ill., with the Rev. Jeff Anderson  officiating. Born March 1, 1922, in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Carbiz Inc.  Announces Business Development News]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carl Ritter, chief executive officer of Carbiz Inc. (OTCBB: CBZFF) ("Carbiz"), announced that CarBiz has finalized several business development initiatives that will further expand its Software and Consulting division.  Mike Downey, Business Development Manager of Carbiz, Inc., has completed a project with Tracker Marine Financial Services TMFS, to provide...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Hurricane Law Group Announces Class Action Lawsuits Against Allstate Floridian Insurance Co., Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and State Farm Florida Insurance Co]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawsuits Seek an Estimated $100 Million in Payments for Building Permits for Floridians Whose Homes Sustained Hurricane Roof Damage  BOCA RATON, Fla. -- The Hurricane Law Group today announced that it has commenced class action lawsuits against Allstate Floridian Insurance Co. ("Allstate"), Citizens Property Insurance Corp. ("Citizens") and State...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Movin' on up: some of the nation's largest homeowners insurers are gaining on or passing their competitors in market rank.(Property/Casualty)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Key Points    * Allstate, the second-largest homeowners insurer, picked up nearly  a full percentage point in market share in 2005 while scaling back its  homeowners business in high-risk states.    * The top 25 largest writers of homeowners business include two  newcomers:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpted from BESTWEEK    "Catastrophe management we are continuing at a blistering  pace. We're looking for other soft landings for our policyholders  in Florida, but we haven't executed any to date."    Tom Wilson, President and Chief Operating Officer Allstate Corp.   ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Building up to code: insurers back stronger building codes to lessen catastrophe losses, but progress is slow in two Gulf States.(Catastrophes: Property/Casualty)(Statistical table)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stronger building codes have made a big difference in hurricane  losses in Florida, and efforts are being made to bring some of that  success to Louisiana and Mississippi in the wake of hurricanes Katrina  and Rita. But start-up problems plague the process in Louisiana, and  Mississippi's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A storm of trouble]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI -- As coastal residents nervously await the start of a new hurricane season in June, they're confronting another fright: the exorbitant price and short supply of insurance for wind damage.  Huge losses from Hurricane Katrina and other hurricanes in 2004 and 2005 have sent the homeowners insurance industry...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the 2006 hurricane season starting in just five weeks, many home insurers from Texas to Florida to New York are canceling policies along the coast or refusing to sell new ones out of fear of another catastrophic storm.  In the widest insurance retreat from coastal property since Hurricane...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Allstate mobilizes adjusters for hurricane claims.(Business)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer    In a move earlier this year to reduce its financial exposure during  the upcoming hurricane season, Allstate Corp. re-insured its home and  auto policies from Florida up the east coast - skipping Louisiana.    As Hurricane...]]></description>
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