Home > Florida Home Insurance Information > Florida Home Insurance News

Florida Home Insurance News

  • Forecaster: Local economic recovery not until 2010 Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 2:13AMDAYTONA BEACH -- Signs of economic recovery in Volusia and Flagler counties may not be seen until 2010, according to a leading real estate forecast published Tuesday.
  • Business briefs Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:16AMLAKEWOOD RANCH
  • Lee County nursing homes fearful patient care will take big hit Wednesday, January 7, 2009 @ 12:11AMState lawmakers may slash $220 million from the amount they pay nursing homes to care for about 79,000 Floridians.
  • Firms mixing religion with business Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 11:11PMMANATEE — At Bradenton Insurance, you’ll find literature on property insurance, liability coverage, flood protection and automobile insurance.
  • Next battle ahead in short-sale war Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 11:10PMAs the value of real estate plummets, many real estate professionals, homeowners and lenders must familiarize themselves with the concept known as the short sale. This workout solution is prevalent in the real estate advertisements and multiple listing services.
  • FDIC Board approves letter of intent to sell IndyMac Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 9:03PMInvestor Group to Inject New Capital, Bring in Experienced Management Team On Wednesday December 31, 2008 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) signed a letter of intent to sell the banking
  • Canadiens thwart Panthers in shootout Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:36PMThe injury-depleted Montreal Canadiens rallied to score four unanswered goals in the second period and top the visiting Florida Panthers 6-5 in a shootout.
  • Habs thwart visiting Panthers Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 1:31PMFans likely left the Bell Centre on Sunday with ringing in their ears.
  • Tiara condo residents re-christen lavish top floor Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:33AMSome call it the best view in Florida.
  • Town rallies to help family affected by fire Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:25AMRoger Barrett Jr, left, and his son Roger Barrett III, with the help of homeowner, Mark Massey, lift a new door on to a work table Saturday in Bolton.
  • New low-cost medical insurance option, Cover Florida, start in January Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:42AMNew Cover Florida plans offer low-cost, bare-bones options, but read the fine print Kathy Graham sees it as a way to get "just in case" medical coverage for family or friends who are healthy but uninsured. Retiree John Stern sees it as a way to get by for five years until he can get Medicare.
  • Monday Chat: Psychic offers 2009 predictions for Treasure Coast Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 11:02PMSusan Hansen, who owns the Hobe Sound art gallery Pluto in Leo, has been reading tarot cards for 36 years. She said she was born psychic, and studied under tarot card reader and author of "Tarot Shows the Past" Rolla Nordic
  • National News Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 7:48AMTRENTON, N.J. — Gainesville’s first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it 12 years ago. Now, because of the recession, the plug is being pulled on 80-year-old, moneylosing Shands AGH.
  • Sonic Shootout tips off Saturday Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 7:34AMSixteen high school basketball teams will converge on Sparta’s Roy Sewell Gymnasium on the campus of White County High School this weekend for the Sonic Shootout.
  • A writer takes a turn caddying at the ADT Skills Challenge Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 4:01PMTom Coyne, author of Paper Tiger, made his way across Ireland on foot in 2007, playing every links golf course in the country. The book about his adventures, A Course Called Ireland, will be available February 19th. In the meantime, he recently took a break from writing to caddy at the ADT Skills Challenge.My all-time, unforgettable, irrefutable, fight-you-for-the-bag, top-five loops:
  • States Cut Medicaid Coverage Further Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 3:30PMStates from Rhode Island to California are being forced to curtail Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, as they struggle to cope with the deteriorating economy.
  • Police Incident Report: Dec. 10 to 16 Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 12:53PM The Sound publishes a Police Incident Report to inform residents of incidents, criminal activities, and police responses occurring in Branford and North Branford. As those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty, the report does not include names. It may be edited for length and content. Branford Wednesday, Dec. 10 • A 22-year-old man of Fresh Meadow Road was arrested at 3 a.m. ...
  • More bank customers think smaller institutions these days Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 12:33PMBut as the top tier of the financial services industry faltered, small and regional banks, as well as credit unions, started seeing their cash deposits rise dramatically as nervous Americans shied away from big banks. Some of these smaller financial firms saw an increase in small businesses knocking on their doors. And despite rampant headlines about a credit freeze and plunging housing market, ...
  • Beaches Resource Center gets new coordinator Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 8:07AMComments ( No comments posted. ) Katie Prevatt, the new coordinator for the Beaches Resource Center, has a personal interest in her new position. For the first time in her career she is living in the community she is serving.
  • Family loses things, but not loved ones, in Spring Township fire Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 11:34PMAbout the time Christmas Eve became Christmas Day, Lisa M. Reber was allowed back inside her fire-damaged home.
  • Report: Burress had two guns in house Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 3:16PMThings just keep getting worse for Plaxico Burress. The New York Giants’ wide receiver had two more guns in his house, according to FOX 5 News on Tuesday night. The network said that authorities recovered the pistols when they searched the troubled wideout’s home. Citing anonymous sources, New York’s local affiliate reported that the guns were a 9-millimeter handgun and a loaded rifle
  • Account set up for Box Elder family that lost home in fire Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 2:46PMA Box Elder family struggled through a rollercoaster wave of emotions in the week after a Monday morning fire leveled their garage and destroyed their home. The LaCuran-Hayes family was roused from sleep at 5 a.m. by a neighbor who spotted the fire on her way to work in Rapid City.
  • Odds & Ends Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 1:03AMDateline: China— London’s Telegraph reports a Chinese man was struck and killed by a wayward weather rocket—a fact that was not discovered until the man’s body exploded while being cremated. The body of Wang Diange, from the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia, was found in the wreckage of a house where he had been overseeing the wake of a recently deceased family member. As it was raining and ...
  • Men S Issues Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 11:02PMThis does not necessarily have to deal with someone who has gained a few extra pounds. Some of the candidates for the male reduction surgery have gynecomastia and are average sized males.
  • Painful loans forcing more to walk away from mortgages Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 9:55PMCHICAGO -- Diane Shackle found it gut-wrenching to walk away from a mortgage she took out in times that were better for both her and the U.S. economy.
  • Yellow Air Taxi no longer running scheduled flights from Naples Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 6:03PMNaples Municipal Airport’s last scheduled commercial air carrier has stopped operating regular flights. Yellow Air Taxi, operated by Friendship Airways, is now running flights only as an on-demand service to nearby locations like Key West, the Bahamas and Fort Lauderdale. Until a few weeks ago, the carrier was making runs to Key West five days a week.
  • Mortgage Rates Left in Dust by Treasuries, Failures (Update4) Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 4:15PMWhile the average rate on a fixed 30-year mortgage fell to 5.18 percent last week from 6.47 percent in October, according to Mortgage Bankers Association data, the historical relationship between home loans and mortgage bonds shows rates should be at least half a percentage point lower.
  • Falling interest hurts Mo. investments Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 10:36AMJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — It may be cheaper now to take out a car loan. But the declining interest rates designed to spur lending and make it more affordable for consumers to buy big-ticket items also have battered the state’s investment portfolio.
  • United Nations Environment Programme Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 10:30AMPoznan , 10 December 2008 - Weather-related natural disasters are now outstripping ones linked with earthquakes by an ever widening factor, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and insurers said today.
  • Madoff under house arrest Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 9:57AM Disgraced Wall Street investment manager Bernard Madoff, accused of orchestrating a $50 billion fraud, was put under house arrest on Wednesday.
  • Boy X: the witness who betrayed his friends for a new identity Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 6:07PM At the heart of the August 2007 murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones was a simmering gang feud fought between underachieving boys and dysfunctional young men from neighbouring council estates. But far from being a sophisticated turf war among well-armed and cash-rich gangsters, the forces that gathered across the Fir Tree Pub car park that fateful night were no more than feckless youths whose ...
  • Home Buyers Turn to USDA for Mortgages Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 5:52PM Home buyers in overbuilt exurbs are tapping an obscure home-loan program originally created to aid rural development.
  • GOLDMAN SACHS: THE NEW CORLEONE FAMILY Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 7:54AMAnyone who has missed that the profound influence by Goldman Sachs leadership at the Dept Treasury has contributed to the destruction of both the USEconomy and US banking system is simply asleep since 1992. JPMorgan is the other principal player.
  • Home Warranty of America Names Rachael McCuen Inside Sales Representative of the Year Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 7:30AM Home Warranty of America announced today that account executive Rachael McCuen has been named its "Inside Sales Representative of the Year," an honor bestowed upon the inside sales rep that produces the most revenue over the designated year-long period.
  • History From Our Files Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 11:32AMW.O. Gibson, Sr., local insurance agent, was elected chairman of the Florida Baptist Children’s Home in a meeting at Lakeland Thursday night. Christmas shoppers will find local stores open until 8 o’clock each night this week, according to Miss Gertrude Kuhn, chairman of the merchants’ committee.
  • Richard White: Reviewing association information good idea before buying home Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 8:16AMWe are considering purchasing a town home in a community and would like to obtain the minutes from past meetings, as well as financial information such as the funds they have in reserve for building maintenance and repairs. Are we entitled to this information before we make an offer, and if so, can you tell us how to go about obtaining it?
  • State Farm rate hike rejected Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 7:38AMState farm home insurance customers may not have to dish out more for coverage next year.
  • A variety of expenses affect the costs of homeownership Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 7:33AMHousing costs for homeowners and renters are increasing at a rate substantially more than incomes are rising. If the current trend continues, we might revert back to cave homes as the next evolutionary step in housing.
  • Man will serve 90 days for insurance schemes Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 5:14AMSALEM and mdash; Just a few months ago, Tyler Parrish was forging letters from drug rehab programs in what prosecutors believe was an effort to avoid being arraigned on insurance fraud charges. But his claim yesterday that he is now writing letters for fellow Middleton Jail inmates and helping them learn to read with Bible passages led a Salem Superior Court judge to shave a month off of his ...
  • Man commits insurance fraud in order to pay for Hummer H3 Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 2:34AMSALEM - A former Peabody man who admitted filing fake insurance claims because of a mounting debt on his $45,000 2006 Hummer H3, will spend three months in jail before being placed on probation for three years and must pay $4,444.07 in restitution.
  • Briefs Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 1:13AMMiniwarehouse sells for $4.87M
  • FNDS3000 Corp. Announces New Members of Executive Management Team Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 7:09AMPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, December 9 /PRNewswire/ -- - John Hancock appointed Chief Executive Officer and John Watson, OBE, named Executive Vice President adding substantial management capability FNDS3000 Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: FDTC) (Frankfurt: "FT4," A0MWLG) announced that John Hancock has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer and Director and John Watson has been appointed ...
  • FNDS3000 Corp. Announces New Members of Executive Management Team Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 7:00AM FNDS3000 Corp. announced that John Hancock has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer and Director and John Watson has been appointed Executive Vice President and Director as of December 5, 2008.
  • Public records for Dec. 9, 2008 Tuesday, December 9, 2008 @ 5:58AMCourthouse
  • Judge: Husband killed Michelle Young Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 5:18PMRALEIGH – A Wake County Superior Court judge has ruled in a wrongful death lawsuit that Jason Young "willfully and unlawfully killed" his wife Michelle Young in 2006.
  • Garden of dreams for Fordham Prep skaters Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 3:48PMStephen Imbasciani managed to do something his idol Scott Gomez and the New York Rangers couldn’t do on Sunday – score and win at Madison Square Garden.
  • Castorland home damaged by fire Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 12:14PM12/05/08 Hot ashes left on porch touch off fire early this morning on Church Street...
  • South Side Neighborhood Watch Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 7:53AMCOVENTRY: Suspects stole two salt spreaders and more than 50 pounds of salt from an area behind a Portage Lakes Drive sporting goods business Nov. 24.
  • Frank H. Foster Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 7:05AMFrank H. Foster of Lake Wales died Friday, Nov. 28, 2008 at his home. He was 74. Born in Cheltenham, Pa., and lived in Contra Costa County, Calif. before moving to Lake Wales.
  • Letters to the editor Friday, December 5, 2008 @ 5:23AM I read your article about tax hikes at the beach, and I am especially amused at the comments by Realtor Mr. Tom McGuirk, and his assessment that the tax increases are fair, and his reference to the tax hike being akin to "taking a snapshot" in that...