Florida OIR Approves Smaller Average Rate Increases for Citizens This Year February 10, 2025 By William Rabb Just as many Florida property insurers had hoped to see a boost to the private market with a maximum rate...
Top Southeast Region Insurance Journal Stories of 2024 December 30, 2024 From insurance lawsuits resulting from a murderous South Carolina lawyer and his family, to relentless Florida storm claims, a tight...
Florida Citizens Policy Count Dips Below 1 Million for First Time in Two Years December 5, 2024 Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has dropped below 1 million policies in force for the first time since July 2022,...
Florida Citizens’ Brass Tired of ‘Clickbait’ News on its Hurricane Claims Denials November 22, 2024 By William Rabb Officials with Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. took issue Thursday with a number of national and Florida news reports that...
Update: Citizens Resumes Binding as Rafael Turns Away From Florida November 8, 2024 Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has lifted its suspension on binding of policies as Hurricane Rafael turned away from Florida...
Milton Ravaged One of the Most Popular Areas for Snowbirds on Florida’s Gulf Coast October 24, 2024 By Michael Schneider and Kate Payne BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The start of “snowbird” season in Florida is only weeks away, but many Florida Gulf...
Claims from Hurricane Milton Continue to Rise in Florida October 22, 2024 Almost two weeks after Hurricane Milton made landfall near Sarasota, Florida, as a Category 3 storm, claims and loss totals...
Should Citizens Do More to Assist With Coming Flood Claims in Florida? Can it? September 25, 2024 By William Rabb Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s largest insurer, has suspended policy binding ahead of predicted Hurricane Helene, and a board member...
Florida Home Inspector Used Stock Photos 200 Times, Defrauding Citizens, DFS Says September 12, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A Florida home inspector allegedly used the same stock photographs in more than 200 home and wind-mitigation inspections, costing Citizens...
Audit Finds Some Florida Citizens’ Policies Over Limit, Small Use of Clearinghouse August 29, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Florida’s state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp., has a few issues it needs to address, including policies with coverage values above...