Florida Citizens assessments News

Florida Ends Citizens Assessment Two Years Ahead of Schedule

Florida’s insurance regulators are two years ahead of schedule in ending an assessment used to retire a bond issued by the state-backed property insurer Citizens following the eight-storm 2004-2005 hurricane season. The move codifies a decision made by Citizens Property …

Florida Approves Removal of 93,500 Policies from Citizens

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved the removal of up to 93,000 personal residential policies and 500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. as part of the state’s ongoing effort to reduce the number of policies …

Florida’s Citizens Pays Off Bond, Drops Surcharge 2 Years Early

Florida’s state-backed property insurer will stop collecting a one-percent assessment that had been used to retire a bond issued following the 2004-2005 hurricane season. The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board of directors decided the insurer will have the necessary funds …

As Hurricane Season Opens, Florida’s Citizens Touts Depopulation Deals

Officials at Florida’s property insurer of last resort say that it is entering the 2013 hurricane season in improved financial condition thanks in part to various private insurer policy takeouts. Those takeouts have also nearly cut in half the potential …

Florida’s Citizens Reduces Risk of Emergency Assessments

Florida’s state-backed property insurer announced that it has reduced the size of any possible emergency assessments on policyholders due to its depopulation efforts and by transferring part of its risk to private capital markets. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. said that …