Friday, April 28th, 2006 — With only five weeks before hurricane season starts, state insurance officials recommended taking over Poe Financial Group’s three insurance companies, a rare move that underscores the insurance crisis in Florida and could shift tens of thousands of homeowner and condominium policies into Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The agency plans to take similar action on Monday against Poe’s Atlantic Preferred Insurance Co., and the state Office of Insurance Regulation recommended both companies’ assets be liquidated by June 1 to help pay customer claims.