Property Insurance

Gov.. Charlie Crist said Tuesday he'll sign a bill (HB 1495) that boosts property insurance on more than 1 million customers of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Without the legislation, which calls for 10 percent increases spread over several years, supporters said Citizens customers would have been looking at rate increases between 40 percent and 55 percent on Jan. 1.Read the full story:http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/n2-050709.cfm