NU Online News Service, Feb.19, 3:44 p.m. EST

In the wake of an antifraud group warning about phony health insurance scams, Florida authorities said they have ordered 12 firms to halt the unauthorized sale of health insurance.

Yesterday the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud said an epidemic of bogus health plans has made the problem the number-one insurance fraud and that such scams are hitting small businesses as well as consumers.

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