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Florida Homeowner Insurance Rates Going Down

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty says homeowner rates in the state are coming down. McCarty on Wednesday gave a report to Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater that looked at annual rate filings made by 30 of the state’s insurance companies. …

Ohio Residents See Bump in 2012 Average Insurance Rates

Ohioans saw increases in their homeowners and auto insurance rates last year, though they’re still getting a bargain. Ohio’s Department of Insurance recently released the 2012 average rates for homeowners and auto insurance. The state’s top 10 auto insurers raised …

Citizens Urged Regulators to Back More Rate Hike

Florida’s largest property insurer went before state regulators Tuesday in an effort to win approval of another round of rate hikes. Citizens Property Insurance Corp., which covers many homeowners who live in the state’s more vulnerable coastal regions, is asking …

Judges Reject Challenge to Texas State Farm Rates

Two administrative law judges rejected a consumer challenge to a recent 20-percent rate hike for Texas homeowners covered by State Farm Lloyd’s. The judges decided Monday that the premiums for 1.2 million homeowners are not excessive or unreasonable, the Dallas …

7 Years Without Storms But Florida Rates Keep Rising

It’s been nearly eight years since Hurricane Wilma raked the southern end of Florida and caused billions in damages, the last of eight hurricanes to hit the state in 2004 and 2005. Yet even as the state has been spared …