Miami Herald--August 12, 2008 BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA State Farm Florida Insurance has told the Office of Insurance Regulation that its actuary was incorrect when she said the company planned to drop an additional 31,000...
Brevard homeowners would pay 59% more for State Farm coverage BY PAUL FLEMMINGFlorida Today–August 13, 2008 State regulators on Tuesday aggressively grilled State Farm officials asking them to justify their request for...
St. Petersburg Times--August 13, 2008 By Tom Zucco, Times Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE — When State Farm officials appeared before Florida regulators Tuesday to seek a 47.1 percent statewide average rate hike, Office of...
News-Press--August 12, 2008 I know, “when it rains, it pours.” But in the midst of our economic storm, State Farm brings Noah to mind. Amazingly, State Farm officials kept a straight face Tuesday in trying to defend their...
Florida consumers have been told mitigation could be the sure way to reduce insurance costs, but one insurer says it’s killing its bottom line and wants a big rate hike. BY BEATRICE E. GARCIAMiami Herald–August...
St. Petersburg Times--August 11, 2008 By Tom Zucco, Times Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE — Instead of facing a proposed 47.1 percent average increase in property insurance premiums, State Farm’s nearly 1-million...
The Tampa Tribune--August 12, 2008 By JEROME R. STOCKFISCH In February, the Illinois-based State Farm group of insurance companies reported the company’s fifth consecutive profitable year. Five months later, State...
PR Newswire--August 12, 2008 Intent on demonstrating that there is plenty of room for "little guys" to compete successfully against the direct-writing monoliths of the online insurance arena, Florida Home Insurers,...
The Florida Times-Union–August 12, 2008 By Special to the Times-Union On July 29, Florida’s Board of Administration voted to spend $224 million in return for a well-known billionaire’s pledge....
The Office of Florida Governor Charlie Crist issued the press release below regarding the commercial redevelopment of Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Under the landmark agreement announced by the U.S....