Seeking reasonable homeowners insurance (Tampa, Holiday: rent, high crime, mortgage)

[kjgracesr]

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have gotten 2 quotes for coverage on my home in Port Richey.
Citzen's : $3700.00 per year
Royal Palm thru Allstate : $ 5700.00 per year
How much worse can it get??!!??
I have a 3 bedroom home with a 2 car garage.
I'm presently paying $ 886.00 per year and my ins. co. is leaving Florida 2/07.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jammie]

http://www.floridatoday.com/graphics...p_3/index.html


OMG, I feel so bad for you. They are just awful with the rates of insurances. Try the link above. It is a map of Fla. and shows all the different counties. When you click on your zip code, if will provide the prices of the different companies that will provide insurance for your zip code. It tells you the premium for your county on a 150,000 house. It may at least let you know which company would be the cheapest in your area.

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by kjgracesr

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have gotten 2 quotes for coverage on my home in Port Richey.
Citzen's : $3700.00 per year
Royal Palm thru Allstate : $ 5700.00 per year
How much worse can it get??!!??
I have a 3 bedroom home with a 2 car garage.
I'm presently paying $ 886.00 per year and my ins. co. is leaving Florida 2/07.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check the following and contact FMAP, this covers other insurance and Citizens...
http://www.fmap.org/index.cfm

[HolidayFL]

I have my insurance thru State Farm (Steve Bennett is the agent on US 19 in Holiday). See if you can get coverage thru them. Ask them to put you on their waiting list. I know someone who did that and a month later the person got a call and had coverage. I pay way less than what you are being quoted, and I am in Holiday.

Mary
(I'm not a realtor, insurance agent, or anything having to do with realestate transactions. I'm just a homeowner)

[bungalowbuck]

hopefully, the upcoming session of the legislature will start to address this insurance mess.

[kristimc25]

Originally Posted by kjgracesr

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have gotten 2 quotes for coverage on my home in Port Richey.
Citzen's : $3700.00 per year
Royal Palm thru Allstate : $ 5700.00 per year
How much worse can it get??!!??
I have a 3 bedroom home with a 2 car garage.
I'm presently paying $ 886.00 per year and my ins. co. is leaving Florida 2/07.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you west of 19? PR is having issues right now with increases. Give ASI a call.

[tampa-chrissie]

My understanding is the Allstate and Statefarm only get to write so many policies a year so the early in the year you get on the list the better.
Good luck.

[kristimc25]

My spouse has sent several of his clients to Allstate along with many other carriers. He has not had an issue with Allstate except they tend to run higher considering they use credit scores. The difference for Allstate and State Farm is they will not write policies if there is a storm in the Atlantic. It is hard to get a policy from State Farm. Two years ago, they would write if you were on the north side of I75 (New Tampa) but not the south side (Tampa Palms). The best thing you can do it shop around and do not settle with what you think is to high. If you are paying more than $400-$500 per $100,000; you are paying to much as long as you are not on the coast
kristi

Originally Posted by tampa-chrissie

My understanding is the Allstate and Statefarm only get to write so many policies a year so the early in the year you get on the list the better.
Good luck.

[kristimc25]

Glad to hear that. I am none of those occupations either. I just hear what is going on in the different areas because of my spouse who is a mortgage manager. He has had difficulty locating affordable insurance for some of his clients in Hudson, Port Richey, Soring Hill, and Holiday. It is almost like a hit or miss. May I ask what you are paying? If not, I understand. I am very happy to hear some positive news because to be honest, I have not come across anyone in my personal or professional life that is getting hit with high premiums.
kristi

Originally Posted by HolidayFL

I have my insurance thru State Farm (Steve Bennett is the agent on US 19 in Holiday). See if you can get coverage thru them. Ask them to put you on their waiting list. I know someone who did that and a month later the person got a call and had coverage. I pay way less than what you are being quoted, and I am in Holiday.

Mary
(I'm not a realtor, insurance agent, or anything having to do with realestate transactions. I'm just a homeowner)

[kristimc25]

Hi, I meant to post this as a response. Must have been tired.

First, what town are you in? Are you east or west of Hwy 19?

Our insurance is $2500 per year
So we are only paying $265 annually per $100,000.
St Johns Insurance Company of Florida
866-304-7779

We also have a home that we rent in East Tampa (high crime area)
We are paying $504 annually on $126,000 total home price
American Strategic Insurance Corp (ASI)
727-374-2502

If you are west of 19, you may want to bargain your rate down by increasing your deductibles across the board (wind, etc).

I hope this helps because there seems to be arbitration on how rates are assigned.

kristi

Originally Posted by kjgracesr

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have gotten 2 quotes for coverage on my home in Port Richey.
Citzen's : $3700.00 per year
Royal Palm thru Allstate : $ 5700.00 per year
How much worse can it get??!!??
I have a 3 bedroom home with a 2 car garage.
I'm presently paying $ 886.00 per year and my ins. co. is leaving Florida 2/07.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!