State insurance commissioner Kevin McCarty on Tuesday filed a complaint seeking once again to bar Allstate insurance companies from doing future business in the state. ...more

February 20, 2008

State Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty filed a complaint today seeking once again to bar Allstate insurance companies from doing future business in the state. ...more

February 19, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Bank Of America Cuts Jobs Bank of America plans to close two local call centers, beginning with April's shuttering of its 70-employee Sales Fulfillment Center at 5301 W. Idlewild Ave. Two months later, 154 employees will be laid off with the closing of its Deposit Contact Center, 4109 Gandy Blvd. The bank is streamlining call center operations, and the cutbacks are not related to the downturn in the housing and mortgage industries, said bank spokeswoman Britney Sheehan. Some work now at the Idlewild and Gandy facilities will be shifted to the bank's call centers in Jacksonville and Arizona. Some will be moved to other call centers in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 1, 2008

The nonstop coastal building across Florida has pushed the insurance risk in the state to nearly $2 trillion, keeping it the diciest place in the world for insurers, an industry analyst said Thursday. ...more

November 30, 2007