The state has reached a crisis point in its property coverage market with prices headed steadily skyward. Families affected by the hurricanes that have hit the state in many years have already been facing rapidly climbing home insurance rates, but at the same time, they’re also battling with insurers to pay for the costs they’ve paid to make their homes livable again. Insurers in the state have gone bankrupt, leaving policyholders floundering While settlements from some home insurance companies are protected through the state-backed guaranty association, the process can take…
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Louisiana home insurance to see major changes, says new state commissioner
As the state aims to find a way to repair its current crisis, it is making sweeping changes Louisiana residents are about to see a number of widespread changes to home insurance in the state as the new commissioner Tim Temple aims to fix the crisis in the state. Temple is determined to correct the state’s crisis “Louisiana has a very heavy-handed regulatory reputation,” said Temple. “We’re changing that.” Last week, he outlined a number of sweeping changes to the home insurance regulations in the state, making it possible for…
Read MoreFlorida homeowners insurance through Citizens includes random home inspections
Policyholders are worried about the way this new requirement will impact their rates. The largest homeowners insurance company in Florida has added a new requirement to its coverage, which is to conduct random home inspections of its customers. The state-run Citizens insurer has been taking steps to control the rates it charges its policyholders. Citizens, like all homeowners insurance companies in the state, has been required to continually raise its rates as the market in Florida becomes an increasingly costly place to do business. While many insurers have left the…
Read MoreFlorida approves 4 new home insurance companies for operation in the state
The state’s property market is edging on crisis and has been bleeding insurers in recent years. Florida property owners are about to have an additional choice of coverage from four new home insurance companies that have just received their approval to sell in the state from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). The state has been in desperate need of new players in its property coverage market. The most recent home insurance companies to enter the state were Orion180 Select Insurance Company and Orion180 Insurance Company. Shortly before they…
Read MoreCitizens covers 1.7 million home insurance policies in Florida
As more insurers withdraw from the state, the insurer of last resort is bloated with policies. Citizens Property Insurance is slated to reach 1.7 million home insurance policies in Florida by the end of the year. This is over three times the number of policies it had in 2020 and far more than it was designed to cover. The issue leading so many home insurance customers to have to turn to Citizens is that insurers have been leaving the state, going under, or issuing non-renewal notices to thousands of customers…
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