Pinellas letters to the editor for Nov. 7 ...more

November 7, 2009

Good meeting Editor: I would like to thank city staff and all of those who attended the Oct. 29 special meeting of the New Port Richey City Council. ...more

November 7, 2009

State-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has won approval to raise rates by an average of 5.4 percent for homeowner coverage that includes hurricane damage, except in high-risk coastal areas where premiums will be revised later. ...more

October 31, 2009

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty says his office and the Hartford Financial Services Group will refund or issue credits totaling more than $48 million to Florida businesses. ...more

August 14, 2009

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty on Friday approved State Farm's exit from under a plan that would keep state-run Citizens Property Insurance from swelling. ...more

February 14, 2009

The Florida Insurance Commissioner has approved State Farm's exit from Florida. Kevin McCarty "conditionally approved the withdrawal plan submitted Jan. 27," a news release says. ...more

February 13, 2009

With the news that State Farm will be canceling all home insurance policies in the next two years, our Florida insurance commissioner needs to inform State Farm that if you will not insure our homes, you will also not insure our autos, RVs and boats, nor provide any type of insurance product and leave the state of Florida permanently. Any takers out there? I am a long term State Farm policy holder but my search for a new insurer for my home and vehicle starts today. ...more

January 31, 2009

State Farm, the second-largest property insurer in Florida, said today that it will stop providing property insurance statewide, a move that would affect more than 1 million policyholders. ...more

January 27, 2009

An administrative law judge has rejected a 47.1 percent rate increase request by State Farm Insurance, the state's largest private property insurer. ...more

December 12, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a cap on fees for lawyers of injured workers, saying the attorneys must receive reasonable pay. ...more

October 24, 2008