January 17, 2014
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty says homeowner rates in the state are coming down. McCarty on Wednesday gave a report to Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater that looked at annual rate filings made by 30 of the state’s insurance companies. …
August 26, 2013
Ohioans saw increases in their homeowners and auto insurance rates last year, though they’re still getting a bargain. Ohio’s Department of Insurance recently released the 2012 average rates for homeowners and auto insurance. The state’s top 10 auto insurers raised …
August 22, 2013
Florida’s largest property insurer went before state regulators Tuesday in an effort to win approval of another round of rate hikes. Citizens Property Insurance Corp., which covers many homeowners who live in the state’s more vulnerable coastal regions, is asking …
August 21, 2013
Two administrative law judges rejected a consumer challenge to a recent 20-percent rate hike for Texas homeowners covered by State Farm Lloyd’s. The judges decided Monday that the premiums for 1.2 million homeowners are not excessive or unreasonable, the Dallas …
May 29, 2013
It’s been nearly eight years since Hurricane Wilma raked the southern end of Florida and caused billions in damages, the last of eight hurricanes to hit the state in 2004 and 2005. Yet even as the state has been spared …