Homeowners Choice Property and Casualty Insurance Co. has assumed approximately 53,750 policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s state-backed insurance company, the parent company says in a Tuesday news release. Homeowners Choice is owned by HCI Group Inc., a holding company with operations in homeowners insurance, information technology services, real estate and reinsurance. Homeowners Choice […]
The insurance news for 2024 is certainly not great. Experts expect that extreme weather and increasing costs will push up insurance costs and make insurance companies more selective when deciding where they will write policies. Recently, credit rating agency AM Best downgraded the entire home insurance industry from stable to negative. According to Richard Attanasio, […]
Despite the fact that the Florida legislation finally passed a couple of bills to deal with the ever-increasing cost of homeowners insurance, it seems unlikely that premiums will start to fall anytime soon according to a report put out by Karen Clark & Company (KCC), a risk modelling firm. The recent report, titled “Managing Expectations: […]
Many homeowners have been notified lately that their homeowners insurance premium is going to be headed up. According to the Insurance Information Institute, higher insurance costs can be blamed on a variety of factors which include more expensive building materials, supply chain issues as well as continuing labor shortages. Factors that increase home insurance costs […]
Nationwide insurance company recently informed the North Carolina Department of Insurance (NCDOI) that it will not be renewing homeowner policies for 10,525 homeowners in North Carolina. Over 1,000 of those non-renewals are in the Dare County, NC. The NCDOI claims that more the half of the non-renewals are based on the “hurricane hazard assessment tool,” […]
Recently, JD Power released a study that highlights how insurers have been leaving several states. The report looks at the potential opportunity for insurance companies that stay in these states as well as how the decision to leave certain states will impact customer perceptions of their company. Across the nation, both homeowners and renters are […]
Soon, hundreds of thousands of Citizens Property Insurance Company policyholders will be getting a letter in their mailbox asking them to move their policy to a private insurance company and away from Citizens, the state-backed insurer of last resort. Citizens Property is using the letters as part of its “Depopulation” effort that was approved by […]
Florida’s property insurance disaster may be taking baby steps in the right direction as five new insurers step into the Florida market, taking over hundreds of thousands from Citizens Property, Florida’s insurer of last resort. This could lead to more insurance options for residents of the Sunshine State soon. The five companies in the mix […]
Senators heard from consumer advocates as well as friends from the insurance industry in a recent committee meeting regarding the cost of homeowners insurance and how climate change is impacting the cost of homeowners insurance. Consumer advocates argued that more robust state regulation and increased federal involvement is necessary to slow rising premiums while friends […]
Homeowners insurance can be a financial lifesaver if your home is damaged or destroyed by a covered peril. However, there can be coverage gaps that can leave a homeowners covering repair bills out of their own pocket if the damage exceeds their coverage levels or the policy has an unexpected deductible. We thought it might […]