TAMPA State Farm Insurance is now asking regulators for permission to raise homeowner rates an average of 67 percent statewide, up from its original request of 47 percent. The original request was rejected in August by Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty. The new request comes amid State Farm's appeal before Administrative Law Judge Daniel Manry, who is expected to issue a ruling this month. ...more

December 11, 2008

PLANT CITY Karen Berry, publisher of a Plant City-based magazine, has been named the Florida Farm Bureau's Ag Journalist of the Year. ...more

September 19, 2008

Looking For Prosperity I was walking along the road the other day and found $150. ...more

September 19, 2008

Regulators this week ordered State Farm Florida to refund $120 million after it failed to give thousands of policyholders the discounts they deserved for making their homes more resistant to hurricanes. ...more

September 13, 2008

State Farm customers hoping for a quick check on those new state-ordered refunds, sit tight. ...more

September 12, 2008

State Farm Florida will give $120 million back to current and former hurricane policyholders who didn't receive or weren't told they could get a discount for making their homes more resistant to wind damage. ...more

September 10, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — State Farm Florida will give $120 million back to current and former hurricane policyholders who didn't receive or weren't told they could get a discount for making their homes more resistant to wind damage. ...more

September 9, 2008

The LPGA Tour has backed off plans that would have suspended players who could not efficiently speak English. ...more

September 5, 2008

Florida's Office of Insurance Regulation has rejected State Farm Florida's request for a hearing after the agency denied the company's request last month to raise homeowners insurance an average of 47 percent, the agency said today. ...more

September 5, 2008

As expected, Florida insurance regulators on Monday rejected State Farm's request to raise home insurance rates nearly 50 percent statewide. ...more

August 26, 2008