Florida Citizens News

Citizens’ CEO: Florida Insurers Swimming in a Sea of Red Ink; Capital Drying Up

It’s not just a few Florida property insurance companies that are running into financial trouble. Almost every carrier is losing money in 2021 and the future does not look any better, the CEO of Citizens Property Insurance Co. told lawmakers …

Top Florida Stories of 2016: The End of Florida’s Hurricane Drought

In September, Hurricane Hermine broke Florida’s hurricane drought that had lasted since 2005. The category 1 storm hit the Florida Panhandle, bringing significant storm surge to the Tampa Bay area before slowly traveling up the Eastern Seaboard. The storm weakened …

Citizens Assesses Hurricane Response as 2016 Season Comes to a Close

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation expressed satisfaction with its response efforts to the first hurricanes to hit Florida in more than a decade as the end of the 2016 hurricane season officially ended Nov. 30. “Policies and procedures put in place …

Citizens: $4.2M in Florida Customer Premiums Recovered in 2015

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. reports that it recovered more than $4.2 million in customer premiums in 2015 by aggressively pursuing third parties responsible for losses and salvaging property involved in a claim, the company said in a statement. Citizens said …

Florida’s Citizens Rolls Out New Website for Agents, Insureds

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has launched a new website for customers, agents and other stakeholders that, according to the company, offers a more comprehensive gateway into the state’s insurer of last resort. Launched Feb. 1, the new site provides a …

McCarty Replacement Rumors Start Swirling; Successor Has ‘Huge Shoes to Fill’

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty’s successor has yet to be announced, but whoever takes over will have his or her work cut out for them when McCarty leaves office after 12 years on May 2. “These are some pretty huge …

Florida Approves Removal of Up to 75,115 Policies from Citizens

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has approved the removal of up to 72,534 personal residential policies and 2,581 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. The following three companies have been approved to participate: Avatar Property & …

Florida’s Citizens Expanding Clearinghouse to Condo Unit Policies

Starting in December, Citizens will expand its Property Insurance Clearinghouse to condominium unit owners, many of whom will now have immediate access to multiple private alternatives, the company said in its November newsletter. Beginning December 14, new applications for condominium …

Florida Approves the Removal of Up To 142,500 Policies from Citizens

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved the removal of up to 140,000 personal residential policies and 2,500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. by the following four companies: Anchor Property & Casualty Insurance Co. – approved …

Fitch Upgrades Citizens to ‘AA-‘, Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings has upgraded the rating on the following senior secured bonds of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp., FL, PLA/CLA to ‘AA-‘ from ‘A+’: –$1.1 billion series 2012A-1; –$200 million series 2012A-3 (SIFMA floating rate notes). The Rating Outlook is …