Fire State Farm Editor's note: The following letter was written to Jim Thompson, president of State Farm Florida, and forwarded to Sen. Mike Fasano. It is reprinted here at the author's request. ...more

February 5, 2009

Private property insurers should be able to absorb the million-plus policyholders State Farm will orphan if the company withdraws from the market, a state regulator said Tuesday. ...more

February 4, 2009

Private property insurers should be able to absorb the million-plus policyholders State Farm will orphan if the company withdraws from the market, a state regulator said Tuesday. ...more

February 3, 2009

This is an open letter sent to Mr. Jim Thompson, president of State Farm Florida. Concerning your letter to Florida State Farm customers reminding us that you're there for us for our other insurance needs, when you cancel our home insurance, forget it, Jim! If your company can't take care of me after 42 years of loyalty to you, I don't need you! Hopefully, the 1 million-plus homeowners in Florida will do the same and shut you down. ...more

February 3, 2009

Like A Good Neighbor? So State Farm wants to stop writing homeowner's insurance in Florida. I checked into their automobile insurance some time ago and was told that I could not just buy auto insurance. They wanted it all - homeowner's, auto, life, health. At that point I was surprised it didn't include asking for my first-born child. ...more

February 2, 2009

At least one infuriated lawmaker thinks State Farm should buy the farm as a Florida company if it goes through with its announced pullout from the property insurance market. ...more

January 31, 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

State Farm, the second-largest property insurer in Florida, said today that it will stop providing property insurance statewide, a move that would affect more than 1 million policyholders. ...more

January 27, 2009

A lot was at stake last spring: The leader of Florida's public universities warned top lawmakers that his schools were weakened by budget cuts and that a planned move by the Legislature to overhaul his system of higher education would erode its credibility. ...more

September 28, 2008

State Farm Florida wants to raise home insurance rates nearly 50 percent statewide, but its proposal is loaded with excessive costs and profits, Florida's consumer advocate said Tuesday. ...more

August 13, 2008