Plus, a new study on small hail damage
A new report shows Florida’s insurance consumer and litigation reforms positively affected the price of reinsurance this hurricane season, Citizens Insurance accuses certain plaintiff lawyers of using “misinformation” in their quest to …
Legislative reforms’ impact ‘simply irrefutable’
Florida’s property insurance market continues its rebound, reflecting improving financial conditions, as more carriers join the market; Citizens Property Insurance policy count drops below 800,000 amid other encouraging signs; plus a rare rate hearing for …
Plus, a proposed alternative to workers’ comp
Citizens Property Insurance continues its streak of handing-off policies to the private market, regulators reveal changes to Florida’s storm mitigation discount credits, plus an alternative to workers’ compensation insurance may be offered Florida …
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 …
As you’ll read in this newsletter, this past week was very interesting and eventful on the Florida legislative and regulatory front, and this new week promises to hold its own intrigue. Last Monday, the Governor released his proposed budget for …
Plus, pushback on federal insurance regulatory intrusion
The California wildfires could negatively impact homeowners insurance rates in Florida this year, Gallagher Re warns of a “new normal” for annual insured losses from catastrophes, plus the big pushback from the insurance …
Plus, the latest Florida market numbers
Citizens Property Insurance denies it’s denying a large number of recent hurricane claims, fresh insight and data debunks charges of a Florida insurance industry in a state of collapse, the latest on actual hurricane …
New data on where lawsuits are filed
Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky is asking the state legislature to hold-off on any further property insurance reforms as the head of Citizens Property Insurance warns of an effort to roll-back consumer property …
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 …
New non-competitiveness factor in play
The Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors last week approved an overall 13.5% increase in rates for next year that includes a 14% increase in its personal lines policies, the maximum allowed under the …