New legislation is intended to acknowledge that insurance companies have not yet faced heavy regulation. As the homeowners’ insurance industry in Florida continues to scramble in crisis mode, lawmakers have introduced a new insurer accountability strategy as a part of a broader effort to control skyrocketing premiums and company insolvencies. The bill would raise fines for insurance companies that have been using bad practices. The insurer accountability bill would put higher fines in place for insurance companies with bad behaviors. The companies will also be required to do more information…
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Florida insurance market reaches crisis point with another insurer bankruptcy
As insurers rapidly depart the market, even recent legislation isn’t having a fast enough impact. The Florida insurance market for property coverage has been rapidly stumbling again following storms in recent years. As a result, the insurers that aren’t withdrawing are going bankrupt. FedNat is the latest of the insurers to cancel the homeowners’ policies it’s been selling in the state. Florida insurance has reached a desperate level. This latest withdrawal of FedNat will cancel another 68,200 policies in the state, following a massive trend of coverage cancellation there. Homeowners…
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