Policy depopulation, litigation, rates ‘good news for consumers’
The Citizens Property Insurance Board of Governors met last week to hear news of a series of record lows for the state-created company: in policy count, in Probable Maximum Loss (PML), and …
Citizens to drop rates in 2026
Hurricane Milton claims continue to rise, Citizens Property Insurance’s policy count reaches a new low as it prepares to file its first rate decrease in 10 years, plus the role ongoing depopulation is playing …
Governor applauds ongoing property insurance market recovery
After an unusual six-month wait, Florida’s largest property insurance company, state-backed Citizens, learned last Wednesday that regulators reduced their requested rate increase for 2025 by nearly 40%. They didn’t learn it from insurance …
Citizens explains its private market non-competitiveness
Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe Fund is poised to borrow lots more money when the next big storm hits, Citizens Property Insurance is moving closer to non-competitiveness with the private market and actuarial soundness, and the …
Hope for a lower policy count by year-end
In an effort to improve the health and competitiveness of Florida’s property insurance market, regulators last week approved another transfer of policies from state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to private market carriers. …
As it seeks maximum rate hike, takeouts
The 2022 Florida insurance marketplace reforms are having the desired effect for Citizens Property Insurance, with “significant shifts” reported in litigation. Meanwhile, the state-backed carrier went before regulators at a public hearing last …