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State Farm Florida wants to raise home insurance rates nearly 50 percent statewide, but its proposal is loaded with excessive costs and profits, Florida's consumer advocate said Tuesday.

Unico American Corp., an insurance holding company based in Woodland Hills, Calif., that, through its subsidiaries, including Crusader insurance Co., offers a variety of property and casualty insuranc

Abram Interstate insurance services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering a new program for plumbers. The program includes custom tailored coverage for residential and commercial projects. ACORD 125, 1

Wells Fargo insurance services announced that ABD insurance and Financial services, a part of Wells Fargo insurance Services, acquired the assets of Martin Financial/Insurance services. Terms of the d

Landlords in Stamford, Conn. are feeling the downside of the region that counts on the finance and insurance industries for about one-quarter of the jobs based in offices.

HAMILTON, Bermuda----Max Capital Group Ltd. announced today that W. Marston Becker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and N. James Tees, Executive Vice President - Finance & Investments, will participate in Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 2008 insurance Conference being held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue , New York City.

DAYTONA BEACH, FL and TAMPA, FL (MARKET WIRE) J. Scott Penny, Regional Executive Vice President of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), and Michael T. 'Mike' Neal, Chairman, and Daniel L. Antle, President, of Reed Brothers insurance Group, Inc., of Columbia, Kentucky and Tampa, Florida, today announced the asset acquisition of Reed Brothers insurance Group, Inc. by a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc.

Representatives from State Farm Florida insurance Co. appeared at a public hearing on Tuesday in Tallahassee to argue their case for a proposed rate increase. Filed in July, the increase averaged 47.1 percent and would affect about 1 million homeowner insurance policyholders in Florida with even steeper increases in coastal areas.

Skeptical state regulators grilled executives of State Farm Florida this morning, as the state's largest private property insurer defended its request to raise home insurance rates nearly 50 percent on average.

Stephen Alexander wants Florida insurance regulators to deny State Farm's requested rate hike.