Starting July 1, Florida Insurers Face New Guardrails on Force-Placed Insurance June 30, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Starting Saturday, insurers and mortgage lenders for Florida homeowners will face some new restrictions on lender-placed insurance policies, thanks to...
Security First to Offer New Homeowners Coverage in Florida June 4, 2021 Security First Insurance, one of the largest private homeowners insurers, has launched its Homeowner’s Premier HO5 policy. Floridians must have...
Florida Foreclosure Filings Spiked in July August 25, 2015 After almost a year of month-to-month declines, new foreclosure starts in Florida rose in July. The research firm Realty Trac...
Census Data Breaks Down Florida Metro Area Housing Traits July 1, 2015 By Mike Schneider New data released by federal authorities show the housing characteristics of Florida’s four major metro areas – Jacksonville, South Florida,...
Florida Homeownership Suffered Steep Decline in Last Decade March 2, 2015 By Mike Schneider Florida had one of the largest declines in homeownership in the nation during the past decade, according to new figures...
Florida’s Edison Insurance Reborn with New Management November 6, 2014 Florida homeowners’ insurers Edison Insurance Co. is being relaunched with new management and coverage options almost five years after its...
Florida Frets That With Proposed Rate Cut, Citizens Could Be Too Competitive July 22, 2014 By Michael Adams Florida’s state-backed property insurer’s proposed rate reduction is raising questions about whether it will make the insurer competitive with the...
Security First to Offer Ironshore’s Primary Flood for High-Value Properties in Florida April 9, 2014 Security First Managers, LLC, a Florida-based managing general agent for high value homeowners programs, is expanding the flood coverage it...
Florida Homeowners to Share $55 Million in Chinese Drywall Settlement June 14, 2011 By Tom Hals Hundreds of Florida homeowners suffering with tainted Chinese drywall will share $55 million in a deal that also accuses a...
CEO of Florida’s Homeowners Choice Resigns for Personal Reasons April 25, 2011 Homeowners Choice Inc., a Clearwater, Florida-based provider of homeowners’ insurance, reported that Francis X. McCahill III has resigned from his...