List: Travelers ends new car insurance policies for some [Video]

Now, 10 Tampa Bay has confirmed Travelers Insurance stopped writing new auto insurance policies in coastal ZIP codes across Florida.

Insurance agents say the move was unexpected but not surprising.

The news came down last month to insurance agents in the Tampa Bay Area along with a list of ZIP codes where Travelers will no longer issue new auto insurance policies. While carriers have cut off writing new home insurance policies, agents locally say it’s the first time he’s seen this for cars.

“Never for auto insurance, this is new,” said Blake Mednick, an agent for Professional Insurance Systems of Florida based in St. Petersburg.

He says every insurer treats risk differently.

‘The flood zone [change] was surprising, but I understand why they’re doing it,” he says. “A lot of those vehicles were flooded along the coastline, so they’re doing it to protect the …