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• Allstate Can't Sell New Auto Insurance Policies in Florida

  Joe Saunders | January 17, 2008 8:20 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has suspended the license of Allstate Insurance Company from selling new auto insurance policies in the state of Florida because of their relationship with rating organizations such as AM Best and Hurricane modeling companies and industry trade groups. This is an unprecedented move in Florida and sends a clear warning to other auto insurance companies...

• Lakeland Wildfire on I-4 Causes 50 Car Crash

  Joe Saunders | January 09, 2008 5:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A combination of dense fog and a wildfire from a controlled burn led to a 50 car crash on I-4 near Lakeland, Florida early this morning. There have been 3 reported deaths and a slew of injuries. As I mentioned in my tampabay.injuryboard.com blog, I wonder why the highway was not closed if the weather was so inclement that visibility was zero. For more information on this subject, please refer...

• Congress Starts Asking Questions About Dr. Jarvik

  Joe Saunders | January 08, 2008 11:36 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Dr. Robert Jarvik became known as the maker of the world's first artificial heart in the 1980's. Most recently, his face and name are splashed in tv and print media ads pitching Pfizer's cholesterol drug Lipitor. The marketing campaign is so often used that Congress has started asking Pfizer questions about Dr. Jarvik's qualifications to pitch a cholesterol drug. The Wall St. Journal...