Declarations – Southeast

Room and Board

“The decisions you make affect people that you may not think about. They don’t get the opportunity to come meet in a nice hotel board room and have food delivered to them.”

–Florida state Rep. Carlos Lopez-Cantera, R-Miami, at a Citizens Property Insurance Corp. hearing.

Little Appetite

“I sense very little appetite on the board, or the staff or elsewhere to make substantial changes in the marketplace that will have a significant effect on the economy,”

–Barry Gilway, president, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida.

Travelers’ Weather

“The continued high level of weather losses, along with the continuing decline in interest rates, validates our strategy to drive improved rate, terms and conditions and therefore lift underwriting results.”

–Travelers’ CEO Jay Fishman

Big Picture

“The emphasis on personal injury and lost work-time data obscures the bigger picture: that companies need to develop indicators that give them realistic information about their potential for catastrophic accidents. How safety is measured and managed is at the very core of accident prevention.”

–Chemical Safety Board investigator Cheryl MacKenzie in a report on the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and Gulf oil disaster.