Homeowners getting dropped like a rock

Without much warning, thousands of Central Floridians have received the same notice from their homeowners insurance companies: You've been dropped.

The messages have come to people who have never filed a homeowners claim and to some who have. And many have had the maddening experience of being told that their policies would be shifted from one insurance company to another — sometimes more than once.

They don't care about the terminology their insurers use; to them, "nonrenewed" isn't any kinder than "canceled."

"I understand that they've canceled a lot of them, but I never talked to anybody about it," said Jay Hance, a senior citizen who lost the Allstate policy on his Summerfield home after 10 years. He says the company even canceled his policy a few months before it was scheduled to come up for renewal — sending him a check for the balance of the money.

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