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Florida Regulators Unveil Ratings Crisis Solution: Let Citizens Reinsure Carriers
Florida's insurance commissioner announced Wednesday that his office has found an "unprecedented solution" to the looming property insurer rating crisis — let Citizens Property Insurance Corp. ...
Overdue or Overboard? Florida Divided on Demotech’s Planned Downgrades
The property insurance community has divided into two camps after the firestorm that erupted over the potential financial rating downgrades for 17 Florida insurance carriers. One camp argues that the ...
Florida Regulators, FAIA Slam Demotech for Reported Plans to Downgrade 17 Carriers
Florida's top insurance regulators and the Florida Association of Insurance Agents on Thursday blasted the Demotech financial rating firm after the organization reportedly notified 17 insurers that ...
Florida’s UPC Insurance Exploring Sale or Merger
United Insurance Holdings Corp., parent company of one of Florida's largest property insurers—and one that has seen heavy losses in the last two years—announced that its board of directors is now ...
Latest Target in Florida Claims: Cast Iron Drainpipes
A decade ago, it was questionable sinkhole damages that proliferated in Florida property insurance claims. More recently, "free roof" solicitations, roof claims and thousands of lawsuits have rattled ...
Insurers, Self-Insureds Now Facing $9B in Black-Lung Liabilities, Milliman Says
The U.S. coal industry may be shrinking rapidly as the country shifts to renewable energy, but insurer and self-insured companies' liabilities for black-lung occupational disease claims have ...
Citizens Adds Thousands of Policies but Has Yet to Complete Reinsurance Needs
Two developments at Citizens Property Insurance Corp. show how tough the Florida market continues to be, even after recent legislative action. At a Citizens Market Accountability Committee meeting ...
High-Speed Lawmaking: Florida Gov Quickly Signs Insurance Reform
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed property insurance and condominium maintenance reform legislation into law Thursday, putting an exclamation point on a whirlwind of lawmaking that began just a week ...