Miscellaneous

• Like A Good Neighbor State Farm Won't Cover You Near the Beach

  Eddie Farah | January 04, 2008 9:09 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  If you live within a mile of the Atlantic, you can say goodbye to your State Farm homeowner's insurance coverage.The insurer will stop writing policies in March 2008, despite the fact that we haven't had a direct hit from a hurricane since 1964! State Farm is one of the last companies to pull out after billions have been lost in Florida. But let's not forget, State Farm has collected far more...

• Man Falls Five Stories on Cruise Ship

  Eddie Farah | December 01, 2007 2:43 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  A man is still hospitalized after falling five stories of a cruise ship.The unidentified man was on a Norweigan cruise ship coming from Key West to Charleston, South Carolina. He reportedly fell from the eighth story and onto the lower deck of the ship. He was airlifted about ten miles off shore and taken to the trauma center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.The man's alcohol consumption...

• For Florida Insurers Profits Up, Costs Down

  Eddie Farah | November 16, 2007 8:38 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It is a great business model if you can achieve it. Keep your profits up and keep your costs down.And that is apparently what Florida's largest medical malpractice insurance companies have been doing. They have been paying out less in claims. With a cap of $500,000 and medical malpractice lawsuits expensive to bring, many just aren't filed. And many patients who are hurt by hospitals and...

• Halloween Safety

  Eddie Farah | October 29, 2007 10:46 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Be sure your little ones and teens have a safe Halloween. It is not the time you want to end up in the emergency room and unfortunately all of the excitement of the night often ends up there.Here are some tips for parents and kids:*Tripping and falling in the dark of Halloween night is a danger. Make sure costumes don't obscure eyes and kids have flashlights that securely fit in their smaller...

• Allstate Investigated for Conspiracy

  Eddie Farah | October 17, 2007 11:48 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Allstate Insurance Company has been asked by the governor to turn over internal documents to determine if it and other property insurors are conspiring to keep prices high.Allstate and its subsidiary, Allstate Floridian Insurance, have been served subpoenas. Just three weeks ago, Allstate Floridian, the fourth-largest insurance company in Florida, proposed raising homeowners rates by 41.9...

• Insurance Industry Given A Pass

  Eddie Farah | October 03, 2007 6:37 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  You pay your insurance bill and you expect to be covered when you need it.You experience a hurricane and hopefully you avoid wind and water damage to your home. But you don't. So you call your insurance company right away to check on your coverage.That's what Eugene and Debra Cox did after their Blackwater Bay home was destroyed three years ago by water that surged into their home after...

• Police ID Body Pulled From Bartram Springs Pond

  Eddie Farah | September 06, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Police have now identified the body of a young man pulled from a pickup truck that sank in a neighborhood pond.23-year-old Stephen Stiffler was in the vehicle that apparently rolled into a pond in the Bartram Springs subdivision. His family thinks he was sleeping in the truck when it rolled in the pond.Stiffler had been missing for 36 hours on Saturday afternoon when his family called police...

• Insurance Cancelled Over Dog

  Eddie Farah | August 15, 2007 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Tim Hardy thought he was doing a good deed.The dog he found on the side of the road eight years ago had been abandoned and was in ill health. Hardy nursed the dog back to health, named him Max and Max turned out to be a great family pet. Now Hardy's insurance company has cancelled his homeowner's policy because it believes Max is potentially an aggressive breed of dog. Max is a mutt who has...

• Dog Who Bit Toddler Gets Reprieve

  Eddie Farah | July 10, 2007 10:32 PM | 1 CommentJacksonville, FL

  It is a scene that is not often seen.A dog bites a toddler in the face. The child is rushed to the hospital and needs extensive reconstructivesurgery. Usually the dog is put to sleep. Not this time. This time the dog, a 100 lb. bull mastiff, will be returned to his St. Johns County family.It's an unusual turn of events, to say the least.Law enforcement reports that last Friday, the 2-year-old...

• Florida 2nd Highest In Boating Accidents

  Eddie Farah | July 07, 2007 11:49 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  July is the most likely month to have a boating accident. And Jacksonville is named as among the Top Ten Florida counties for boating accidents, helping put the state in second place nationally according to a new report. All of this information comes from a growing concern about hazards on the water in Florida during this time of year.Only California had more boating accidents during the summer...