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• No Middle Ground in Florida's Sinkhole Rate Debate

  By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 4, 2011

  The gap widens as the debate continues over proposed rate hikes for sinkholes covered by Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

• Citizens Expected to Expand in 2011

  By Gary Fineout  |  January 1, 2011

  Citizens Property Insurance Corp., which has swelled and shrunk in size over the last few years, is headed in the wrong direction yet again. Despite repeated efforts to trim back its size, the state-created carrier is growing.

• Election Could Change Property Market

  By Gary Fineout  |  July 1, 2010

  The fate of Florida's fragile property insurance market may depend heavily on what happens in the next round of elections in the Sunshine State.

• Compromise Measure on Florida's Property Insurance Market Could Emerge

  By Gary Fineout  |  April 1, 2010

  After years of fighting between politicians and Florida's property insurers, it appears that the state's private carriers may be on the verge of getting the ability to raise their rates by a limited amount.

• Rethinking Florida's Property Market

  By Gary Fineout  |  April 1, 2010

  Florida's top insurance regulator told his bosses at the March 23 cabinet meeting that the state's property insurance market remains fragile despite no hurricanes hitting the state of Florida for the last four years.