Another Florida insurer is pulling out of the market, making it even more difficult for residents of the Sunshine State to find proper homeowners insurance in Florida. Bankers Insurance Group, based out of St. Petersburg, recently announced that it is pulling out of Florida’s home insurance market. Their decision was based on the fact that […]
Archive | Florida
RSS feed for this sectionWhat to do if your Florida Homeowners Policy is Cancelled
Recently, Demotech, a rating agency which rates 40 Florida-based insurance companies, announced that it plans to downgrade 17 Florida-based property insurance companies from an “A” rating to ratings of either “S” for substantial or “M” for moderate, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. A rating decrease will raise costs for these insurers which will […]
2022 Hurricane Could be the Tipping Point for Florida Insurance Market
Recently, a representative of the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) warned that a significant storm during this year’s hurricane season could lead to “a massive failure of Florida insurers that would be on a historic level.” Citizens Property, which is Florida’s insurer of last resort, currently has more than 907,000 policies and is expected to cross […]
Florida 2022 Home Insurance Market Getting Worse Before Better
In Florida, the loss of homeowners insurance has become a serious problem. You may not have been affected yet, but you might be in the future. A recent announcement by Southern Fidelity Insurance that they will be liquidating their company means that 78,000 homeowners insurance policyholders will lose their coverage. This new failure marks the […]
Florida’s Gov. DeSantis is Hopeful to Stabilize Failing Property Insurance Market
Recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis sounded hopeful that a special legislative session that he called will help stabilize Florida’s failing property insurance market that continues to flounder as another insurance company is getting ready to cancel over 68,000 policies. “The good news is, on property insurance, I think we’re going to get really, really significant reforms,” […]
Florida Homeowners Paying Higher Than Normal Rates
As hurricane season approaches, Florida lawmakers are headed back to the Capitol to deal with the property insurance market that is suffering from both skyrocketing premiums and numerous insurance companies going under. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said in recent press release “We’re not going to accept anything less than a very significant package” of changes […]
Lawmakers return to Tallahassee Florida to Address Property Insurance Prices
Later this month, state lawmakers plan to return to Tallahassee for a special session to address property insurance. In addition, there is a federal effort to also examine the issue of property insurance prices in Florida. U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, a Democrat from St. Petersburg who is currently running for Florida governor plans to file […]
Another Florida Homeowners Insurance Company Is In Trouble
It looks like another homeowners insurance company is in trouble in Florida. Recently, FedNat Holding Company, which sell homeowners insurance and other insurance products under the name FedNat Insurance Company, was downgraded from A to S by Demotech, a consulting company that rates the financial health of insurance companies. According to Demotech, an A rating […]
Top 3 Reasons Homeowners Can Expect a 3% to 30% Rate Increase
Interest rate hike due to inflation percentage rising up, FED, federal reserve or central bank monetary policy, economics or loan concept, businessman archery percentage arrow high up into the sky. There is a good chance that your homeowners insurance premium will be headed up this year. According to a recent S&P Global Market Intelligence report, homeowners […]
Florida’s Property Insurer Requests an 11% Rate Increase
While Florida has not seen a major storm since 2018, homeowners insurance rates continue to rise and the majority of the blame can be put on door to door roof replacement schemes that result in denied claims, lawsuits and ever increasing homeowner insurance rates. The state-run insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corp is […]