insurance hike

I know it's the way things go but I am not looking forward to paying more for my homeowner's insurance. And don't get me wrong, I love the folks at State Farm (including my agent and friends at Tommy Desormeaux's office here in Lafayette). But when I read that State Farm homeowner's insurance would be going up by an average of 7.8 percent in the state, I was a bit bummed.

Every company has to deal with increasing costs in some form or fashion from time to time. It's no different for one of the nation and state's biggest insurance providers.