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State Farm Drops Insurance of 125,000 Florida Homeowners
February 5, 2010 | MSNBC

State Farm Insurance requested a 47% rate increase for providing insurance to homeowners in some of Florida’s coastal areas. The rate increase was denied so State Farm sent cancellation notices to about 125,000 policy holders.


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