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Florida Homeowners Insurance Market Sees Promising Shift with Depopulation Program

April 12, 2024April 11, 2024 Angela Linders

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…

Property owners in Florida are dropping their home insurance

March 20, 2024March 19, 2024 G. Turner

Floridians are placing themselves at risk in the event that they face a natural disaster. As the cost of home insurance continues to increase tremendously in Florida, there is a growing number of property owners choosing not to continue to pay for coverage or who decide that they can no longer afford it. Florida residents without a mortgage have the choice Floridians who still have a mortgage are required to keep their home insurance as a part of their loan agreement. That said, those who own their homes outright can…

Mortgage struggles on the horizon as Florida home insurance problems continue

January 24, 2024January 23, 2024 G. Turner

Home Insurance - Mortgage calculations - Florida Flag

As the coverage crisis continues in the state, there is a risk of a real estate market downturn. As the home insurance crisis drags on in Florida, the risk could increase for a downturn in the state’s real estate market, with a threat of mortgage struggles. Major insurers have been stepping out of the state and have stopped selling new policies. Home insurance customers in Florida are paying the highest premiums in the United States. Residents of the state pay an average $6,000 annual premium to private insurers according to…

Could the Florida home insurance crisis end with wind mitigation investments?

December 22, 2023December 22, 2023 G. Turner

Florida home insurance Crisis - Analyzing Stats

The property coverage ecosystem in the state does appear to be easing compared to the last dramatic years. While the Florida home insurance market looks like it may be leveling out, it remains clear that considerable funding is still required to harden homes in the state against the extreme winds that come with the increasingly common and severe hurricanes blowing through every year. This could help to prevent substantial losses for both policyholders and insurers, said risk experts. “Mitigation is a huge issue. If you think about how do you…

Florida approves 6 new home insurance companies

October 11, 2023October 10, 2023 Logan B.

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The state has been scrambling to unload some of the policies currently carried by Citizens. In the middle of what many people have been calling a coverage crisis, Florida has now approved 6 new home insurance companies in a move to help the insurer of last resort, state-backed Citizens, unload some of its policies. Citizens has been overloaded with policies, having reached record highs in recent months. Insurance companies have been failing in the state and have been choosing to withdraw, have been going bankrupt, or have been deciding to…