Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida has requested a 71.5% average statewide rate increase with regard to homeowners policies. The requested rate increase is not uniform and some areas are subject to a higher rate increase than other areas. ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
OIR – Insurance Regulation

The Office of Insurance Regulation announces a public hearing to which all persons are invited:

DATE AND TIME: August 29, 2006, 1:00 p.m.

PLACE: Holland G. Mangum (City of Seminole) Recreation Center, 9100 – 113th Street North, Seminole, FL 33772

CONTACT NAME AND NUMBER: Paul Norman, Esquire [phone] or Sam Coskey [phone].

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida has requested a 71.5% average statewide rate increase with regard to homeowners policies. The requested rate increase is not uniform and some areas are subject to a higher rate increase than other areas.

Florida law allows the Office of Insurance Regulation to hold a public hearing for any purpose within the scope of the Insurance Code deemed to be necessary. Input from interested parties will be received at this public hearing. If you are unable to attend this public hearing, please forward your comments to [e-mail]. The subject line of your e-mail should read “Nationwide Filing.”

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this hearing should contact James R. Sheets, Recreation Director, at [phone] at least 48 hours before the hearing.