Florida insurance regulators' long-running battle with St. Petersburg-based insurer Universal Health Care has ended with the company agreeing to pay $450,000 in fines and reimbursements to the state and follow more stringent financial reporting rules. ...more

December 22, 2007

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

November 17, 2007

The government announced an 11th-hour recall Wednesday to warn consumers that fake Halloween teeth sold by the tens of thousands since last year contain excessive amounts of lead. Paint on the teeth contained 100 times the allowable level of lead, according to a Monday report by CBS News. ...more

October 31, 2007

State insurance regulators said Tuesday that they approved a 2 percent surcharge on all homeowners and commercial property policies in Florida to cover higher than anticipated losses from the 2006 collapse of Tampa-based Poe Financial Group. ...more

October 31, 2007