An auto insurance company, popular among those with poor credit, has closed offices and stopped writing policies in some Florida areas, including Tampa. ...more

November 6, 2009

An auto insurance company, popular among those with poor credit, has closed offices and stopped writing policies in some Florida areas, including Tampa. ...more

November 3, 2009

Althea Conklin showed up at her auto insurance agency Friday with her monthly payment in hand. But there was no one there to take her money. ...more

November 2, 2009

question and answer on state farm's exit from florida for property insurance ...more

February 27, 2009

I had a chuckle at the blog quoted in the Sunday article in the Highlands Today. I will tell "Abrand" that he should say "good riddance" to expensive Auto Owners as I did last year. I too had Auto Owners for over 20 years with coverage on my house, boat and two autos. I had a small $400 claim after Charley, and they paid promptly. Last year I received notice that Auto Owners would not renew my homeowner's policy on the anniversary date. After talking with my local agent, I found out that Auto Owners was "reducing their exposure" in their homeowner policies in Florida. I was assured that it was a random selection process, as they just couldn't drop the high risk storm surge policies on the coasts because it would be "discriminatory" and have repercussions. The local agent said that there were many such non-renewals in Highlands County and that they had appealed to no avail! ...more

February 7, 2009

Allstate Corp. has agreed to lower home insurance rates in Florida more than 5 percent in the next 30 days and add 100,000 homeowner policies in the next three years under a settlement with state regulators announced late today. ...more

August 15, 2008

In a move bound to further roil Florida's turbulent insurance market, State Farm has decided to stop writing new homeowners insurance policies. ...more

February 25, 2008

Accusing Allstate Corp. of engaging in an "ongoing crime," state regulators asked a state appeals court Wednesday to reinstate an order prohibiting the insurer from conducting new business in Florida. ...more

January 23, 2008

The state's feud with Allstate Corp. heated up Thursday, with the company appealing an order forbidding it from doing future business in Florida after regulators expanded their ban from auto policies to all new insurance products the company sells. ...more

January 18, 2008

Regulators' brash move to boot Allstate Corp. out of Florida's future auto insurance market sharply raises the stakes in the state's investigations of additional homeowners insurance companies and how they set their rates. ...more

January 17, 2008