average statewide homeowners insurance rate increase

• Sinkholes and Related Costs Burning Sunshine State Insurers

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 9, 2010

  A new report from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation appears to confirm what insurers in the state have been saying about the problem that sinkhole claims have become.

• Florida OKs Last-Resort Commercial, Condo Rate Increases

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 12, 2010

  Several weeks after it was approved to raise homeowners rates, Florida's last resort insurer has been given the go-ahead for rate increases for condominium associations, commercial buildings and rental properties.

• Homeowners Market Moves Spark Confrontations With Trio Of Regulators

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 4, 2010

  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.

• Rate Increases Approved For Florida Last-Resort Insurer

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 24, 2010

  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's Royal Palm Insurance Gets 15% HO Rate Increase

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 8, 2010

  Gainesville, Fla.-based Royal Palm Insurance Company has received approval for an average statewide homeowners insurance rate increase of 15 percent.