HCI Group News

UPDATE 2: Global Re/Insurers Estimate Price Tag of Q3 Hurricanes & Quakes

Losses from Hurricane Maria and other recent 2017 natural catastrophes, including Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, the Mexico City earthquakes and other events, have led global insurers and reinsurers to issue profit warnings. Below are statements from insurers and reinsurers in …

Florida-Based Homeowners Choice Secures Nearly $1B in Reinsurance for 2016-2017

Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., a Florida-based provider of homeowners insurance, has completed its reinsurance program for the 2016-17 reinsurance year, which runs from June 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017, according to recently disclosed reports filed …

Blanch Appointed President of Florida Flood Insurer TypTap

HCI Group, Inc. (HCI) has appointed Ted Blanch as president of TypTap Insurance Company, HCI’s new online insurance company. Blanch brings years of industry experience to TypTap, which offers an online platform to quote and bind residential flood insurance policies …

Florida Insurer Launches Company Offering Admitted, Standalone Flood Coverage

A Florida-based homeowners insurer has beefed up its flood insurance offering with the launch of a new flood-coverage only company called TypTap. The new company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance (HCI), one of the …

Florida’s HCI Moves to Acquire Competitor Prepared Insurance

The parent company of one of Florida’s largest home insurers has entered into a non-binding deal to purchase another state-based insurer in a move that could affect 21,500 state policyholders. HCI Group Inc. announced it will acquire Prepared Holdings LLC …