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 […]
Starting in October, private insurance companies may start pulling customers from the state backed, insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. According to a recent report, Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky has approved private insurers to take up to 184,000 policies from Citizens Property. Yaworsky signed orders that will approve proposals by a variety of […]
A state agency in Florida is selling municipal bonds to backstop the state’s homeowner’s insurance industry. This is due to a large number of claims and litigation that resulted in some insurers going bankrupt. The Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, which deals with the claims left behind by insolvent insurers, is planning to borrow $600 million […]
The Florida homeowners market has been in turmoil for years. Sky-high premiums have become the norm due to fraud and lawsuits by less than honest roofing companies. Florida currently has some of the highest homeowner insurance rates in the country and while there is some good news on the horizon, there is plenty of bad […]
According to an AM Best analysis, Florida is the state with the most premiums in homeowner insurance lines. While Florida is the third most populous state in the country, it generated a whopping $12.4 billion of homeowners direct premiums in 2021 which is more than the most populous state, California. The Golden State generated $11.2 […]
Another Florida insurer is pulling out of the market, making it even more difficult for residents of the Sunshine State to find proper homeowners insurance in Florida. Bankers Insurance Group, based out of St. Petersburg, recently announced that it is pulling out of Florida’s home insurance market. Their decision was based on the fact that […]
Later this month, state lawmakers plan to return to Tallahassee for a special session to address property insurance. In addition, there is a federal effort to also examine the issue of property insurance prices in Florida. U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, a Democrat from St. Petersburg who is currently running for Florida governor plans to file […]
It looks like another homeowners insurance company is in trouble in Florida. Recently, FedNat Holding Company, which sell homeowners insurance and other insurance products under the name FedNat Insurance Company, was downgraded from A to S by Demotech, a consulting company that rates the financial health of insurance companies. According to Demotech, an A rating […]
The Florida homeowner insurance market has been in trouble for almost a decade at this point. As the number of lawsuits related to dubious roofing claims continues to rise, insurance companies continue to raise their rates or pull out of certain areas altogether. While the Florida legislature has attempted to stem the flood of rising […]
The Florida House moved a bit closer to passing a property insurance bill on Friday when HB 305 was approved by the House Commerce Committee. However, the House bill is significantly different from a bill passed by the Senate. Lawmakers will need to reach some sort of agreement on a final version by the scheduled […]