Homeowners insurance controversies have made headlines in Florida, Mississippi and New York of late, as insurers and regulators struggle to maintain a viable catastrophe coverage market, and in some cases butt heads over rates and exposure.
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved an average statewide homeowners insurance rate increase for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. of 10.3 percent--slightly more than the state-run insurer asked regulators to approve.
Florida regulators agreed that non-hurricane losses and increased reinsurance costs warranted a double-digit rate increase for Allstate subsidiaries operating in the state.
Florida regulators agreed that non-hurricane losses and increased reinsurance costs warranted a double-digit rate increase for Allstate subsidiaries operating in the state.
Editorial Advisory Board Member Mike Colodny offers compelling commentary on Florida's troubled property market. How did it get so bad, and how can we dig ourselves out?
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has asked the state's commercial and residential property insurers to collect and submit sinkhole claims--a cost driver insurers have said is swallowing underwriting profits.
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty would like to begin surveying the state's insurance companies to get a grasp of one of the largest non-catastrophe cost drivers in Florida: sinkhole claims.
Thanks to a string of very good luck--namely, four consecutive years of calm hurricane seasons--the Florida property insurance market appears able to absorb the blow of a large storm in addition to a series of smaller events this year.