TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Florida insurance regulators are failing in their duties if they don't make the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. raise property insurance rates by 10 percent across the board, a business group lobbyist said today. ...more

October 20, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist's political mantra has been to hold down property insurance rates, taxes and almost anything else costly for people he wants voting for him next year. ...more

February 22, 2009

It's a terrible time to have to think about raising property insurance rates, but a task force set up to make Citizens Property Insurance Corp. the homeowners' insurer of last resort as it was originally intended to be has little recourse. ...more

January 12, 2009

Darryl Rouson is standing for election four times this year to win the same office, the state House seat from District 55. ...more

October 19, 2008

Democrat Scott K. Thompson decided to run for state Senate when he saw friends leaving Central Florida for better jobs in Tennessee and the Carolinas. ...more

October 19, 2008

Republican U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida is in a position to help move along a bill that could lower property insurance rates in disaster-prone states, but hasn't been aggressive enough in doing so, said the two Democratic House members sponsoring the legislation. ...more

April 15, 2008

County officials are working to enforce federal flood regulations in an effort to keep property insurance rates down. ...more

February 18, 2008

Perhaps you, too, are curious, as are members of a state Senate select committee, how it is possible after the Florida Legislature voted to lower property insurance rates this year, why is it companies such as Allstate Floridian are still raising the costs for homeowners? ...more

February 7, 2008

Lawmakers want answers from insurance executives about why property insurance rates didn't drop an average of ...more

February 3, 2008

It's understandable that some residents take advantage of the opportunity to drop certain property insurance coverage so they can meet monthly or annual expenses. ...more

January 16, 2008