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Fitch Expects Insurance Industry Losses of Up to $50B From Milton

Fitch Ratings expects Hurricane Milton to cause between $30 billion and $50 billion in insured losses to push total industry losses in 2024 above $100 billion for the fifth straight year. The range of losses expected by rating agency Fitch …

‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on Florida: Defense Costs Down, but Reinsurance Still a Drag

Analysts with the AM Best financial rating firm and other stakeholders are cautiously optimistic about the resurrection of the Florida property insurance market, 18 months after state lawmakers approved monumental litigation reforms. That was the sentiment gleaned from a Thursday …

United Property & Casualty Says It Is Exploring Potential Sale or Merger

United Insurance Holdings Corp., parent company of one of Florida’s largest property insurers – and one that has seen heavy losses in the last two years – announced that its board of directors is now exploring a range of options …

Florida’s Capacity Insurance Gets Downgraded, Stops Writing New Business

AM Best has withdrawn its financial strength rating for Capacity Insurance, a commercial insurer with a small footprint in Florida, and the company has decided to withdraw from the Florida market. “Due to a variety of circumstances, the Florida market …