Insurance

The Florida House passed a bill that could lead to at least some second homes moving from Citizens to the private insurance market.

Florida regulators approved proposals by three private insurers to take 54,386 policies from the state’s Citizens Property Insurance.

The Florida Senate Fiscal Policy Committee approved a bill that could let homes valued at more than $700,000 be covered by Citizens Property Insurance.

Florida regulators approved a plan that could lead to condominium-association policies leaving the state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

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Citizens Property Insurance CEO took issue with a U.S. Senate Budget Committee request for information about the insurer’s finances.

Citizens Property Insurance had 1,260,777 policies in Florida as of Friday, up from 1,255,381 a week earlier,

Citizens policies have dramatically increased because private insurers dropped customers and raised rates amid financial problems.

The request raises questions about climate risks & whether the federal government could be asked to bail out Citizens in a major hurricane.

Felons’ voting rights Attorneys for the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition and four individual plaintiffs last week filed a court document that challenges the way a 2018 constitutional amendment aimed at restoring felons’ voting rights has...

For the second month in a row, private insurers have taken more than 90,000 policies from Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp.