The head of recently shuttered Florida Specialty Insurance Co. says that claims by Florida’s insurance regulator that the company is insolvent are untrue. The company’s CEO, Susan Patschak, argues Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation liquidation and receivership order should be …
Florida personal lines insurer Florida Specialty Insurance Co. (FSIC) has been ordered into receivership and will be liquidated after state regulators determined the company is insolvent and unable to establish a viable business plan moving forward. The Florida Department of …
A year-long investigation led by insurance fraud investigators with the Florida Department of Financial Services has ended with 14 arrests of assisted living facility owners in the Miami area, according to a statement by Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. According …
In September, Hurricane Hermine broke Florida’s hurricane drought that had lasted since 2005. The category 1 storm hit the Florida Panhandle, bringing significant storm surge to the Tampa Bay area before slowly traveling up the Eastern Seaboard. The storm weakened …
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation expressed satisfaction with its response efforts to the first hurricanes to hit Florida in more than a decade as the end of the 2016 hurricane season officially ended Nov. 30. “Policies and procedures put in place …
A former insurance agent in Miami has been convicted and sentenced to prison on multiple felony charges, including creating fake insurance documents for his clients. The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Investigative and Forensic Services (DIFS) announced Mandy …
The majority of Florida’s homeowner specialist insurers have brief histories, and their ability to manage a large catastrophic hurricane is uncertain despite recent strong performance, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings. The last hurricane to make landfall in …
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 127,266 personal residential policies and 3,268 commercial residential/non-residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. The announcement represents the first take-out for 2016 and the following five …
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced today that it has approved the removal of up to 279,357 personal residential policies and 1,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation by the following seven companies: Anchor Property & Casualty …
Faced with a rising number of consumer complaints, Florida’s state-backed property insurer has announced a series of changes to its takeout program. The news comes as the insurer said it is highly unlikely to need policyholder assessments next year. Citizens …
