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Homeowners insurance market continues to shift as Florida’s Citizens takes more aggressive action

S.Vagus
Florida homeowners insurance, Citizens Property

Citizens Property Insurance causes shift in homeowners insurance market Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance has been facing serious financial problems that have also attracted a great deal of criticism to the state-run organization. Florida lawmakers have been pressuring the insurer to resolve many of its own issues, which has lead to a shift in the state’s homeowners insurance market as the insurer sheds policies and these policies are taken up by private homeowners insurance companies. Now, Citizens making a move to increase its hurricane coverage this year in the hopes of…

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Homeowners insurance may become more expensive in Florida

Nordstrom
Homeowners Insurance Florida

Homeowners insurance in Florida facing major changes due to new legislation Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance, a state-run organization that offers homeowners insurance coverage throughout the state, has been laboring under the weight of significant financial problems for the past few years. Last year, the state-run company was tasked by Florida lawmakers to make drastic changes to its business structure in order to overcome its financial challenges. The number of policies represented by the insurer and the premiums associated with these policies have been the major focus on this restructuring. A…

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Homeowners insurance changes proposed by Florida commissioner

H. Cutner
Homeowners Insurance

Alterations have been put forward to the property coverage in the state, particularly for Citizens. Kevin McCarty, the commissioner in Florida, has proposed some considerable changes to the homeowners insurance system in the state, particularly when it comes to the coverage offered by Citizens. This was announced by the commissioner to the state Senate Banking and Insurance Committee this week. The goal for McCarty’s proposals is the decrease the risk faced by the Citizens, the state backed homeowners insurance company of last resort. At the moment, that insurer is responsible…

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Citizens Property Insurance of Louisiana looking to raise rates

Marc
Citizens Insurance Louisiana homeowners insurance property

Citizens Property Insurance aims to raise rates to cover reinsurance costs Louisiana’s Citizens Property Insurance, a state-run insurance organization that accounts for the majority of the state’s homeowners insurance policies, has announced that it is raising rates statewide this year. Citizens officials note that raising rates for coverage is a last resort option and that the many challenges currently facing the organization have sparked the need for higher rates. Higher reinsurance costs are being cited as one of the primary contributors to the organization’s need for higher rates. Insurers eyes…

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Homeowners insurance rate cap dodges from Citizens targeted by South Florida legislators

Julie Campbell
Homeowners Insurance

New legislation is taking aim at efforts the insurer has made to get around the limit. Lawmakers in South Florida have just filed new legislation with the goal of stopping Citizens Property Insurance from being able to get around the homeowners insurance rate increase cap of 10 percent, by charging the higher rates only to new customers. This largest property insurer in Florida was tinkering with the idea throughout the last half of 2012. The state backed homeowners insurance company of last resort has a rate increase cap applied against…

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