By Charles Elmore – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Hurricanes may have swerved away since 2005, but Florida’s homeowners still are taking direct hits on the wallet. Floridians pay the nation’s most expensive home insurance premiums, averaging $2,115, up from $2,084 a year earlier, statistics released Wednesday show. “The annual premium increases are not justified,”…
BY CARLOS LOPEZ-CANTERA Florida has taken some tough hits when it comes to major storms and bad weather in the past. Thankfully, it has been over 10 years since a major storm has hit the state. However, it is concerning that Florida homeowners are facing the highest home insurance rates in the country and still…
BY JIM TURNER The News Service of Florida Published: February 24, 2016 TALLAHASSEE — A new effort is underway in the Florida Senate to further regulate a controversial practice that property insurers say is leading to rate increases. The Senate General Government Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday unanimously approved a proposal (SB 1248) dealing with the…
NEW YORK, February 29, 2016 —Women have made great strides in the business world in the past few decades. And business insurance is essential to protecting their hard-earned capital, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). Forty years ago women owned just 5 percent of all small businesses in the United States. Today, they own…