While seasonal residents were away, a group of people from Sun City Center and Kings Point came together to form the Greater Sun City Center Chinese Drywall Coordinating Group. The new task force has spent its time collecting information for homeowners, lobbying on their behalf and even helping affected properties gain a tax break. ...more

November 4, 2009

Florida's effort to harden homes against hurricane loss is a smart policy, but, so far, it also has been a flawed one. It's time to adopt sensible reforms. ...more

October 28, 2009

Nationwide Insurance Co. said Wednesday that it plans to drop the homeowners insurance policies of about 60,000 Florida customers. ...more

October 8, 2009

Highlands County Administrator Michael Wright was quick to mention an increase in the millage rate from 7.1 mills to 8 mills to balance the county budget. This would be adding insult to injury for homeowners in Highlands County. ...more

July 7, 2009

Steven Wagner is ready to be a Floridian and this city's glut of foreclosures is making it possible. ...more

March 18, 2009

The building department has been bleeding money ever since the falloff in construction. ...more

March 14, 2009

I am very upset with the state of Florida for the mishandling of the homeowners insurance industry. I have been a State Farm policyholder for 26 years, my rates are very reasonable, and now I will be forced to look elsewhere. ...more

March 9, 2009

Teresa Jackson, a State Farm policyholder for 18 years, has been looking for replacement coverage since State Farm announced, in late January, plans to pull out of Florida's property insurance market. ...more

March 4, 2009

State regulators say Florida's insurance market can absorb most, if not all, of the 1.2 million policies State Farm plans to drop over two years beginning in November. About 470,000 policies, including all boat-owner policies, will be dropped during the first year. But many insurers won't sell policies for older homes and homes in high-risk coastal areas. ...more

February 27, 2009

Local State Farm customers are fuming over the recent news the insurance company would eliminate its homeowner coverage in Florida. ...more

January 30, 2009