While the plaintiffs had received some relief for the damages in 2017, they contended it wasn't nearly enough to actually conduct the needed repairs and took the issue to court.
While U.K. consumers are less interested in alternate home insurers than in the past, that doesn't mean traditional insurers should write them off as competition.
All the bad actors that caused billions in damage to the market are still active, and if Florida's attorneys have proven anything, it's their tenacity and creativity in finding loopholes.
United Property & Casualty has faced deep financial problems for months, including announcing in August that it would exit Florida's troubled homeowners' insurance market.