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If State Farm refuses to issue new hurricane policies or renew present ones without their ridiculous request for higher premiums, the State should not allow them to write auto or life insurance policies either. You will see how quickly those State Farm crooks come around !!

Posted by: George31 7/17/2008 6:16 AM 50794.1 Report Violation	Avg 3.40, 5 votes

The neglect of State Farm to followup on claims has only added to the long list of homeowners that were paid out for false or misleading claims for damages. Many claimed damages in areas that were not in the path of major storms. They have only theirselves and poor protocol to blame. CB

Posted by: ChetB 7/17/2008 6:40 AM 50794.2 Report Violation	Avg 4.00, 4 votes

I think its ridiculous that State Farm is pushing to raise the insurance rates. When is someone going to give the consumer a break. We are already feeling the pains at the gas pumps, food, loss of jobs, travel costs and everything else that is happening to our economy. It just seems that when a major company is feeling the pinch, they look to the consumer for relief and they don't seem to care if they can afford it or not.

Posted by: ArabellaJ 7/17/2008 7:52 AM 50794.3 Report Violation	Avg 1.80, 5 votes

This is what Christ ment by rates dropping like a rock.

Posted by: canessuk 7/17/2008 8:11 AM 50794.4 Report Violation	Avg 5.00, 3 votes

The lower the number of hurricanes, the higher the rates! What be wrong wit diss pikture?

Posted by: chowlee 7/17/2008 8:30 AM 50794.5 Report Violation	Avg 2.33, 3 votes

This can't be! We had Republican Insurance Reform! Insurance and the Medical Industry, they want all our money, from birth to the grave. I guess they will have to fight it out to see who gets the last penny, and who gets to pry the gold teeth from our dead bodies.

Posted by: Triton 7/17/2008 9:25 AM 50794.6 Report Violation	Avg 3.00, 2 votes

Anyone in Florida who has a State Farm automobile policy should cancel it. In your face State Farm!!

Posted by: c1taxi1 7/17/2008 9:53 AM 50794.7 Report Violation	Avg 4.00, 4 votes

I wish someone could explain to me what makes south Florida in particular more vulnerable to hurricanes than say Vero Beach or Naples or Daytona. How come hurricanes automatically want to come here? Maybe our beaches are nicer? Or maybe because the insurance companies decided they can rip off millions at a time instead of a few thousands in the smaller cities. And if they increased everyone in the state, the conservative areas in north florida and the panhandle would be so upset they'd never get a rate hike through. As in gas prices, the insurance companies always want to gouge South Florida and our republican friends in Tallahassee always let them get away with it.

Posted by: JD51 7/17/2008 10:07 AM 50794.8 Report Violation	Avg 3.00, 2 votes

Jeb Bush must be smiling now looking at these rate hike proposals! Jeb Bush was Big Insurance's Best friend a few short years ago when he was Governor. That's when these Homeowner's Insurance rates and Taxes started to skyrocket! What did Jeb Bush do to help the Small Homeowner?? Nada, ZIP, ZILCH. Those huge campaign donations to Jeb's gubernatorial Campaigns are paying Big Dividends now in the form of these huge 47% proposed rate hikes,,,Atta Boy Jeb

Posted by: miamimike 7/17/2008 10:42 AM 50794.9 Report Violation	Avg 3.00, 4 votes

hey charlie! the only thing dropping like a rock is my home value!

Posted by: sofladude 7/17/2008 10:57 AM 50794.10 Report Violation	Avg 3.66, 3 votes

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