Carriers Being Selective with Florida’s Citizens Clearinghouse Agency Appointments April 9, 2014 By Michael Adams Florida’s state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. says the initial opening of its new web-based clearinghouse designed to make it easier...
Florida Lawmakers Turn Attention to Privatizing Commercial Business in Citizens March 7, 2014 By Michael Adams One year after enacting reforms designed to reduce the amount of homeowners business in the state’s insurer, state lawmakers are...
Florida’s Citizens Touts Policy Count Drop Below 1 Million February 11, 2014 Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. reported that its policy count has dropped below one million for the first time since...
Florida’s Citizens Has New Plan to Shift 200,000 Policies to 8 Private Insurers September 22, 2013 By Gary Fineout Florida’s largest insurer could be shifting thousands more of its policyholders away from the state-created company and into private insurance...
Florida’s Citizens Signs with 10 Insurers to Take Nearly 400,000 Policies September 3, 2013 By Gary Fineout Hundreds of thousands of Floridians who rely on Citizens Property Insurance could soon find themselves with a new insurance company....
Florida’s Citizens Makes Case for Homeowners, Sinkhole Rate Increases August 21, 2013 By Michael Adams Florida’s state-backed property insurer is seeking a statewide average 6.6 percent increase in homeowners’ rates and a 24.8 percent increase...
As Hurricane Season Opens, Florida’s Citizens Touts Depopulation Deals June 4, 2013 By Michael Adams Officials at Florida’s property insurer of last resort say that it is entering the 2013 hurricane season in improved financial...
Florida’s Citizens Reduces Risk of Emergency Assessments March 27, 2013 By Michael Adams Florida’s state-backed property insurer announced that it has reduced the size of any possible emergency assessments on policyholders due to...
Florida Senate Bill Would Depopulate Citizens, Raise Rates, Create Clearinghouse March 13, 2013 By Michael Adams Lawmakers in the Florida Senate have taken steps to return the state-backed insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to its original...
Insurer to Take 31,000 Commercial Wind Policies from Florida’s Citizens February 14, 2013 By Michael Adams Florida’s state-backed property insurer has approved a plan to shift 31,000 commercial wind-only policies to a new private insurer. The...