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Florida Homeowners Insurance Market Sees Promising Shift with Depopulation Program

Angela Linders
florida insurance homeowers

The landscape of Florida’s homeowners insurance industry is undergoing significant changes as private insurers have absorbed 275,324 policies from the state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp so far in 2023. These changes, spotlighted during the recent Citizens Board of Governors meeting, demonstrate a strategic attempt to balance the market through a process called “depopulation.” What Depopulation Means for Consumers For consumers, the depopulation program has a direct impact on their insurance decisions. Here’s what it boils down to: if a private insurance company extends an offer that exceeds a policy owner’s…

California Insurance Market Seeks Solutions Amid Homeowner Policy Crisis

Loreen
California insurance market health

California’s insurance landscape is poised for a substantial rewrite as authorities deal with the implications of devastating wildfires and market instability. With a pivotal public hearing on the horizon, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara spearheads the effort to address the frustrations of both homeowners and insurers. The Plight of California Homeowners and Insurers Amid the ashes of devastating wildfires, Californian homeowners have faced soaring insurance premiums and widespread policy cancellations, driving the need for regulatory reform. A proposed overhaul by Commissioner Lara aims to streamline rate increase approvals and clarify regulations…

California market loses yet another homeowners insurance company

Marc
Homeowners insurance - Offered no more

The state has been struggling with a rapidly shrinking market due to considerable challenges. California is losing yet another homeowners insurance company from its market as a company owned by the second largest home insurer in the state announces that it will be ceasing operation in the state. This will leave tens of thousands of property owners looking to find new coverage. Farmers Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Company, an insurer owned by the second largest homeowners insurance provider in California’s property market, has surrendered the Certificate of Authority it…

Florida home insurance crisis is cutting into real estate market

Marc
Home insurance - Real Estate Prices

Property buyers are stepping back from otherwise affordable homes due to high coverage costs. Home insurance agents aren’t the only professionals feeling for their clients as rates continue to rise to crisis levels in Florida. Real estate agents are also finding that their customers are frustrated with the additional expense of a prospective new house when they see what their premiums would be. Floridians looking to buy their dream houses aren’t just stressed about the price of the property. Property prices are already climbing fast, but even among those who…

Florida homeowners insurance market draws concern after building collapse

Nordstrom
Florida homeowners insurance - homes in Florida on coastline

Increasingly destructive hurricane seasons were already worrying insurers about the state’s coastlines. The Surfside collapse has killed at least 97 people as of the writing of this article and is now causing greater concerns over the Florida homeowners insurance market. The coastal community has already been facing rising pressure from climate change. Economists are now taking another look at the concerns growing in the Florida homeowners insurance market. They are now looking to parts of the United States that are reaching the point that they are too risky to insure…

Allstate loses long-held second place in home state Illinois auto insurance market

H. Cutner
Illinois auto insurance - image of Chicago, Illinois

The insurer has long held the number two position in the state, but Progressive’s growth was faster. Progressive has, for the first time, taken Allstate’s position in its Illinois auto insurance home state market. Based on a key measure, Allstate has lost the position it has been holding for decades. Based in Cleveland, Ohio Progressive now provides Illinois auto insurance for a larger number of vehicles than Allstate, which is based in Northbrook. This tally uses the figures filed with the state Department of Insurance. Possibly more importantly, Progressive’s rapid…

Could Hippo Insurance model really change the homeowners market?

Nordstrom
InsuranceBee and Hiscox launch insurance agent partner program

The startup insurer officially launched in California with a new way of looking at coverage. Hippo Insurance had its official launch in California this week and has taken a different perspective for homeowners policies. The concept is to offer smart homeowners insurance for modern homes. This insurance company is based in Mountain View, California and hopes to freshen the market. The insurer claims that the homeowners insurance market has barely seen any change at all in fifty years. Hippo Insurance hopes that with the changes it’s making, consumers will be…