Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation has rejected State Farm Florida's request for a hearing after the agency denied the company's request last month to raise homeowners insurance an average of 47 percent, the agency said today. ...more

September 5, 2008

On primary day, the two candidates for state House District 60 went about their regular routines. ...more

September 3, 2008

On primary day, the two candidates for state House District 60 went about their regular routines. ...more

September 3, 2008

Homeowners insurance activist Wil Nickerson faces incumbent Ann Hildebrand and Matt Matey in the Aug. 26 primary for the Republican nomination. ...more

August 16, 2008

The two Republicans seeking the District 67 State House seat agree more attention must be paid to the state's economy and the high costs of property taxes and homeowners insurance. ...more

August 2, 2008

A relatively new homeowners insurance company with plans to expand operations in the Tampa Bay area raised millions of dollars from investors this week. ...more

August 1, 2008

A new homeowners insurance company plans to expand operations in the Bay area and raised millions of dollars from investors this week. ...more

July 31, 2008

This has been a sad few weeks for residents of our nation's Heartland as flooding has caused the failure of numerous levees along the Mississippi River creating untold damage, destruction and loss of life. Many residents no doubt also have received some additional bad news - the destruction of their home by flooding is not covered by their standard homeowners insurance policy. ...more

July 13, 2008

TAMPA - Johnny Jackson Jr. had already cut everything else from his budget. If he wanted to hang on to his house a little longer, the electricity had to go, too. ...more

June 27, 2008

Across the country, people are losing their homes. Banks and lenders are taking them back in historic numbers. As the headlines have shouted for months, the Bay area has earned the distinction of having one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation during the past year. It's almost twice the national average. But the steady drumbeat of numbers doesn't show the human toll. ...more

June 27, 2008