A controversial but popular health care plan that came under state scrutiny last year has received clearance to begin marketing for new members again. Nearly a year after being placed under state supervision, Universal Health Care Insurance Co. of St. Petersburg said Friday that it has received the green light from state and federal regulators to resume marketing its Any, Any, Any insurance plan, a Medicare program. ...more

February 8, 2008

Florida officials want copies of secret corporate papers held by Allstate Insurance Co. to see if unfair practices were used to adversely affect consumers. Allstate is fighting to keep the papers secret, but we hope citizens in Florida, and elsewhere, soon will learn about potentially unsavory tactics for the company to pay out as little as possible while maximizing profits. ...more

January 24, 2008

Behind the fight between Florida's insurance commissioner and Allstate Insurance Co. is a mystery that could have come from a John Grisham novel. ...more

January 23, 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

The baby born from a woman who was kidnapped and burned in a robbery on Thursday in Lake Wales died early this morning. ...more

December 16, 2007

After they escaped, one of the severely burned women ran into a nearby sandwich shop and the other walked to an SUV in the parking lot and leaned against it. ...more

December 15, 2007

Millions of Floridians today should find out whether their homeowners insurance company wants to raise or lower their rates. ...more

October 2, 2007