Regulators and insurers said they are pushing for enactment of new building codes in Mississippi and the extension of Florida coastal codes in the Panhandle area.
On Jan. 1, a new statewide building code took effect in Louisiana, the state hardest hit by the three major hurricanes last year.
In pushing for the code, Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley said his experience of visiting Florida in 2004 after Hurricane Charley convinced him of its merits.
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