RATE HIKES
Florida's insurance regulators are demanding answers from insurers on why the rate decreases promised to homeowners on their property insurance haven't materialized.
AUTO INSURANCE
Some drivers breathed a sigh of relief that Florida's no-fault auto insurance law will return in January. Others are just happy they can skip buying some coverages until the new year.
HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE
Lawmakers tried to lower insurance rates and regulators are getting tougher, but the bottom line still is below expectations. More than 3 million Florida homeowners will see modest rate cuts on their homeowner policies in the next year, including a 9 percent cut requested by State Farm Tuesday.
INSURANCE COMPANIES
State Farm of Florida, the largest private insurer of homes in Florida, agreed to lower homeowner rates by an average of 9 percent statewide in order to comply with a law passed in January.
Sidestepping a property-tax showdown, Gov. Charlie Crist decided Monday to add no-fault auto insurance to this week's special lawmaking session but said legislators would have to call a property-tax session of their own.
PROPERTY INSURANCE
Two federal efforts aimed at lowering the cost of homeowners' insurance in Florida are heading to the House of Representatives floor, but they face opposition from the White House, some sectors of the insurance industry and lawmakers from states not prone to hurricanes.
AUTO INSURANCE
Florida's no-fault auto insurance law, set to expire Oct. 1, is likely to get another life, legislators said Friday. A plan that calls for extending the controversial law through the end of the year and makes significant changes in January has been hashed out in Tallahassee.
Here are questions and answers on figuring out what auto insurance you might need if the no-fault law expires as expected on Oct. 1.:
Floridians have wondered what happened to the promised rate relief on homeowners insurance. Now they may find the same fate awaits them on auto premiums.
Florida's controversial no-fault auto insurance law may indeed be on the road to extinction now that the special legislative session planned for later this month has been canceled.
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