United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (UPC) News

UPC Latest Insurer to Leave Louisiana

Florida-based homeowners insurer United Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPC) has announced it is leaving several states in 2023, including Louisiana where it has approximately 36,000 policyholders. UPC will begin non-renewing its policies in 2023, the Louisiana Department of Insurance …

Weston, UPC Louisiana Policyholders Given 60 Additional Days to Place Policies with Citizens

Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced Tuesday that Louisiana Citizens will provide an additional 60 days after cancellation for insurance agents to place Weston Property & Casualty Insurance Company policies with Citizens while maintaining coverage for policyholders. Weston, a Florida insurer …

Coastal Insurer UPC’s First Catastrophe Bond Provides It with $100M Cover

Swiss Re Capital Markets said it has structured and placed $100 million of insurance-linked securities (ILS) that cover named storms and earthquakes affecting certain coastal states of the U.S. The bonds have been issued by Laetere Re Ltd. on behalf …

Florida’s Sunshine State Insurance Insolvent; UPC to Assume Policies

Florida regulators have taken over an insolvent domestic residential property insurer, but a deal is in the works for another private company to assume the insurer’s 37,000 policies. A Leon County Circuit Court judge issued an order earlier this week …

United Insurance to Acquire Florida’s Sunshine State Insurance

United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC) has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Sunshine State Insurance Co. (SSIC), a Florida domiciled property/casualty insurance company. SSIC, based in Jacksonville, Fla., offers homeowners, dwelling fire and federal flood insurance through 500 independent agents …

Florida’s United Insurance Holdings Nets $54M from Public Offering

United Insurance Holdings Corp., a property and casualty insurance holding company know as UPC Insurance, reported the closing of its previously disclosed $57.5 million underwritten public offering of 4,600,000 shares of its common stock. The St. Petersburg, Fla. company said …

United Property & Casualty Approved to Write in Georgia

The Georgia Department of Insurance has approved United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (UPC) to write property/casualty insurance in the state as an admitted carrier. This brings the total number of states in the U.S. where UPC is authorized to …