Category: Florida News
Jul 17, 2008
Florida Today–July 16, 2008 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLAHASSEE — State Farm asked Florida insurance regulators today for a 47.1 percent increase on its homeowners policies in the state. The Illinois-based company, which is the largest private homeowners’ insurer in Florida …
Jul 17, 2008
State Farm Florida has requested an average 47 percent rate increase for its homeowner policies. BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA PHILIP BROOKER / MIAMI HERALD FILE Miami Herald–July 17, 2008 State Farm Florida, the state’s largest private home insurer, wants to …
Jul 17, 2008
South Florida Business Journal–July 17,2008 00:00 by Biz-Journal-SF State Farm Florida Insurance Co. said it will not renew about 50,000 Florida homeowner policies, starting Jan. 1. But some or all of those cancellations might not happen because the Florida Office …
Jul 17, 2008
South Florida Business Journal–July 16, 2008 South Florida Business Journal Florida was awarded $21.5 million as part of a global settlement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and its former wholly owned subsidiary Apothecon, Attorney General Bill McCollum said Wednesday. The state …
Jul 17, 2008
Miami Herald–July 16, 2008 BY ELAINE DE VALLE In his presentation at the Coral Gables City Commission’s first budget workshop, City Manager David Brown stressed the positive: Many city homeowners could see tax decreases next year for the first time, …
Jul 17, 2008
         Above: Florida Governor Charlie Crist visited this week with Lord Peter Levene, Chairman of Lloyd’s of London to discuss reinsurance policies. Below: Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, Governor Charlie Crist, and …
Jul 16, 2008
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation–July 15, 2008 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty today in London joined Gov. Charlie Crist and House Speaker Designate Ray Sansom in a meeting with Lord Levene, the chairman of Lloyd’s of …
Jul 16, 2008
Bradenton Herald–July 16, 2008 By BRIAN NEILL Michael Gold says he got tired of seeing Florida homeowners overcharged for their property insurance. After all, Gold says, his own insurance policy had jumped 400 percent. So Gold pulled some investors together …
Jul 16, 2008
Insurance Journal–July 16, 2008 Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas. Federal legislation would be required to enact the …
Jul 16, 2008
National Underwriter–July 15, 2008 NU Online News Service Two major agent broker trade groups and two leading property-casualty insurance carriers have banded together to ask Congress to promote a plan to spread coastal risk across state boarders. In statements released …