Citizens depopulation News

Florida Approves 97K Policies for December Take-Outs from Citizens

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved a total of 97,390 policies for December take-outs from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation by the following companies. December 20, 2016 Personal Residential Take-Out Period (total of 95,465): Avatar Property & Casualty …

Florida Approves 66,500 Policies from Citizens for April Take-Outs

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 65,000 personal residential policies and 1,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The following two companies have been approved to participate: Anchor Property & …

Florida Approves Removal of 71,000 Policies from Citizens for March Takeouts

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 70,000 personal residential policies and 1,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens). The following two companies have been approved to participate: Heritage Property …

Florida Approves First Citizens Take-Out Offers for 2016

​The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 127,266 personal residential policies and 3,268 commercial residential/non-residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. The announcement represents the first take-out for 2016 and the following five …

Citizens’ CEO Updates Board on ‘Critical’ Water Loss Issue, Depopulation Program

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s top executive warned the company’s Board of Governors Wednesday that water loss claims will continue to hamper efforts to reduce rates for many Florida policyholders. “In claims the critical issue that has surfaced in the past …

‘Fangate’ Stirs Florida Insurance Industry Fears Over Gubernatorial Election

If Florida’s insurance industry was looking for any certainty about the results of the looming governor’s race between Governor Rick Scott and former Governor Charlie Crist, they didn’t find it after last week’s gubernatorial debate, which almost did not happen …

Florida’s Citizens Puts Brakes on Surplus Note Program

Florida’s state-backed property insurer has opted to put the brakes on its plan to loan private insurers up to $350 million in surplus in order to address a growing wave of criticism from lawmakers, elected officials, and consumer groups. Citizens …

Private Companies Offer Plans to Depopulate Florida’s Citizens

Private companies and investors say they are willing to remove thousands of policyholders from Florida’s state- backed homeowners market if they can get officials to give them millions of dollars in loans. At a Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Depopulation Committee …

Florida Citizens’ Chief Sets 500K Policy Depopulation Target

Maintaining there is no disagreement on the objectives of Florida’s state-backed property insurer, Citizens Property and Insurance Corp. President Barry Gilway says he hopes the insurer will reduce its policyholder rolls by 500,000 over the next three years while moving …