TIPS FOR STATE FARM CUSTOMERS >>> GET INFORMED. Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation and State Farm Florida have posted special sections on their Web sites to help homeowners whose policies will be canceled over the next three years. The state site, www.floir.com/statefarmdocs .aspx, provides policyholders key information, including a timeline for the cancellation of policies, resources for obtaining alternative coverage, a list of the state's top home insurers, and several documents and statistics related to State Farm's plan to pull out of Florida. Similar information can be found at www.statefarm.com/florida. ...more

March 4, 2009

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February 27, 2009

State Farm's plan to drop 1.2 million policyholders in Florida will dominate discussions at a two-day summit on property insurance beginning Tuesday in Orlando. ...more

February 24, 2009

Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation has launched a special section on its Web site devoted to homeowners whose policies will be canceled by State Farm over the next three years. The site, www.floir.com/statefarmdocs.aspx, provides State Farm policyholders key information about State Farm's plan to drop more than 700,000 homeowners polices statewide. ...more

February 23, 2009

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

An unprecedented peek behind the curtain at how homeowners insurance rates are set in Florida has given state lawmakers plenty of ideas to take to bill-drafters in advance of this spring's annual legislative session. ...more

February 6, 2008

What does this have to do with homeowners insurance? Allstate's penalty stems from what state regulators say is the company's failure to comply with subpoenas related to an investigation into rate-setting strategies for homeowners insurance. Allstate is not writing homeowners' policies in Florida under its own nameplate, but its auto insurance business is lucrative. Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said the state is "going to hit them where it hurts." ...more

January 17, 2008

State regulators on Friday denied a series of home insurance rate increases proposed by five Allstate companies. ...more

November 17, 2007