Insurance Crisis Curbs Florida Immigration

Allied Van Lines recently reported that about 2,000 more shipments left Florida last year than came in. Now, instead of being a magnet for inbound moves - a spot Florida held as recently as 2004 - it has joined Michigan and New Jersey as top-net-loss states in Allied's rankings. No one knows whether the decades-long trend of Florida being a boom state could be heading toward a permanent shift. However, Tallahassee-based Florida Chamber of Commerce spokeswoman Jennifer Krell Davis said her members have been hearing reports of a slowdown for some time. The force keeping people away doesn't appear to be hurricanes; rather, it's simple economics.

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