Tag: Florida

Florida Investigates Use of Credit History to Deny Claims

Nov 9, 2012 · 1 min read

Florida consumer advocate Robin Westcott has called for an investigation into the practice of insurers using homeowner’s previous credit history to retroactively cancel policies and…

RateWatch: State Farm Asks for Higher Rates in Florida

Jun 29, 2012 · 1 min read

State Farm Insurance, the third-largest property insurer in the state of Florida, has asked for an average statewide increase of 14.9% on insured homes there,…

Citizens Cuts Homeowners Insurance in Florida

Nov 16, 2011 · 1 min read

Citizens Property Insurance customers in Florida will have less coverage available in 2012. The company, which is run by the state, released a memo to…

Mercury General Leaving Florida

Feb 7, 2011 · 1 min read

Mercury General has announced that it is beginning the process of leaving the Florida homeowners insurance market, citing it’s $19 million in losses in the…

Rate Watch: State Farm Requests 27.7% Rate Hike in Florida

Feb 2, 2011 · 2 min read

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will be holding a public hearing on February 15th. Why? To discuss the latest rate filing from State Farm,…

Florida Says Latest $25 million from BP Not Enough

Jun 11, 2010 · 2 min read

The state of Florida, the Insurance Journal reports, is unhappy with BP. Again. The troubled oil company brought $25 million more to Florida on Tuesday,…