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Trouble in Paradise: The Influence of Property Insurance on the Politics of Growth in Florida from 1880 to 1995

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Date Issued:
2008
Abstract/Description:
Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, represented a watershed event in illuminating the financial consequences of Florida's business and political leaders decisions fostering population and economic growth without planning or control. The frontier mentality of the early generations of pioneers carried over to later developers and politicians, and led to a vision of empty land as unlimited economic opportunity The assumption of regulatory control of the insurance industry by state government allowed the completion of the emerging national housing policies for fully securing mortgages These policies essentially made property insurance mandatory. The retention of the cartel operation of the insurance industry led to an inequitable relationship between industry and regulators. Assertive political decisions created this crisis.
Title: Trouble in Paradise: The Influence of Property Insurance on the Politics of Growth in Florida from 1880 to 1995.
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Name(s): Welsh, Patrick T.
Rose, Mark H., Thesis advisor
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Created: 2008
Date Issued: 2008
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 173 p.
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, represented a watershed event in illuminating the financial consequences of Florida's business and political leaders decisions fostering population and economic growth without planning or control. The frontier mentality of the early generations of pioneers carried over to later developers and politicians, and led to a vision of empty land as unlimited economic opportunity The assumption of regulatory control of the insurance industry by state government allowed the completion of the emerging national housing policies for fully securing mortgages These policies essentially made property insurance mandatory. The retention of the cartel operation of the insurance industry led to an inequitable relationship between industry and regulators. Assertive political decisions created this crisis.
Identifier: FA00000976 (IID)
Degree granted: Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2008.
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Subject(s): Insurance--Florida--State supervision
Homeowner's insurance--Florida
Hurricane Andrew, 1992--Economic aspects--Florida
Intervention (Federal government)--20th century
Economics--Florida--Political aspects
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