State Farm won't be the last property insurer to pull up stakes in Florida if insurance companies aren't allowed to charge their customers higher rates, industry experts said Tuesday. ...more

February 25, 2009

State Farm won't be the last property insurer to pull up stakes in Florida if insurance companies aren't allowed to charge their customers higher rates, industry experts said Tuesday. ...more

February 24, 2009

More than a quarter of Pasco County's insured homeowners will have to find a new insurer after State Farm's announcement this week that it plans to stop insuring residential property in the state. ...more

January 29, 2009

State Farm, Florida's largest private property insurer, said Tuesday that it is getting out of the property insurance business in Florida because its premiums aren't high enough to cover claims. ...more

January 28, 2009

The record profit Florida's home builders made during the boom years has given way to massive problems with cash flow and credit that builders blamed Monday on banks hoarding billions in federal bailout dollars. ...more

November 25, 2008

The record profit Florida's homebuilders made during the boom years has given way to massive problems with cash flow and credit that builders in a news conference today blamed on banks hoarding billions of federal bailout dollars. ...more

November 24, 2008

Wall Street turmoil left John McCain defending his support for privately investing Social Security money in the same markets that had tanked earlier in the week. ...more

September 20, 2008

The signs were manifest. The literal ones: "Florida (heart) Straight Talk." "Tampa Loves McCain." "Florida Stands With McCain." "Veterans For McCain." "Supporting The Mac: Martinez, Crist, Stallone." (Take that, Chuck Norris.) And, interestingly enough, "McCain Protecting Your Pocketbook" and "McCain = Prosperity." ...more

February 6, 2008

The signs were manifest. The literal ones: "Florida (heart) Straight Talk." "Tampa Loves McCain." "Florida Stands With McCain." "Veterans For McCain." "Supporting The Mac: Martinez, Crist, Stallone." (Take that, Chuck Norris.) And, interestingly enough, "McCain Protecting Your Pocketbook" and "McCain = Prosperity." ...more

February 6, 2008