Hillsborough

• Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty Sinks Citizens’ Rate Hike Request

  By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 29, 2011

  A 45-day regulatory drama that began with Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s triple-digit sinkhole rate increase proposal ended with Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty’s eleventh-hour denial.

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  Citizens Wants Five-Fold Sinkhole Rate Hike

  By Bill Kaczor, Associated Press  |  July 28, 2011

  Florida's largest property insurance company on Wednesday proposed an average increase of nearly 430 percent for optional sinkhole coverage in response to soaring claims and 8.8 percent for all other perils, including hurricanes, fire, and theft, all effective in 2012.

• Fla. Legislature Passes Property-Insurance Reform Bill

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 6, 2011

  Insurer groups hailed the Florida Legislature’s passage of a wide-ranging property bill and have called on the governor to sign the legislation into law.

• Sinkholes and Related Costs Burning Sunshine State Insurers

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 9, 2010

  A new report from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation appears to confirm what insurers in the state have been saying about the problem that sinkhole claims have become.

• Flood Insurance and Florida's Resistant Homeowners

  By Lynne McChristian  |  August 1, 2010

  My neighbor dropped flood coverage this year to shave expenses. Frankly, I'm thinking of doing the same thing.