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Florida Market Study Will Evaluate Exposures, Strategies for Citizens Property Insurance

Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s insurer of last resort, has moved forward with an independent study that will evaluate the insurer’s potential exposures from the state’s troubled property insurance market. The Citizens’ Board of Governors voted at its last meeting …

Citizens to Evaluate Policyholder Count as Florida Market Conditions Tighten

Florida’s insurer of last resort Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will make shrinking its policyholder count a priority next year, despite potential headwinds that may come from Florida domestic carriers raising rates and restricting coverage. Prompted by a request from Florida …

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 Policy Count Reaches Lowest Level on Record

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation announced Jan. 20 that it has reduced its policy count to under 500,000. The company said in a statement that its policy count on Jan. 19 was 484,788, the lowest level recorded since Citizens was …

Citizens: Florida Policyholder Count Lowest Since Company Creation

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is the smallest it has been since its creation more than a decade ago, as improving private-market conditions continue to offer policyholders more choices for how best to protect their homes, according to a statement by …

Florida’s Citizens Now Accepting Alternative Mobile Home Valuation Tools

In response to concerns from mobile homeowners, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is now accepting alternative valuation methods from policyholders to ensure their mobile and manufactured homes are properly covered. On March 2, Citizens began sending out the first of 100,000 …

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’s Citizens’ Recovery Unit Increased Policyholder Refunds in 2014

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. reports it returned nearly $310,000 in refunds to affected policyholders in 2014 as part of its efforts to recover claims payments of $4.9 million by pursuing reimbursement from product manufacturers, contractors and other third parties responsible …