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Citizens Property Insurance

A U.S. Senate committee looks at insurance, including Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance

The U.S. Senate Budget Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday about how climate change is affecting insurance markets.
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Citizens Property Insurance adds policies before the storm season

Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. added nearly 5,000 policies last week,
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The policy count goes down for Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance

Citizens Property Insurance had a nearly 13,000-customer decrease last week as private insurers could take policies through “depopulation.
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Citizens Property Insurance approves reinsurance coverage

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance approved spending as much as $750 million on reinsurance for backup coverage before hurricane season.
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A property insurance company will pay a $1 million fine over mishandling claims after Hurricane Ian

An order says that Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance violated claims-handling requirements following Hurricane Ian.
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Hurricane Ian insured losses exceed $21 billion in Florida

Estimated insured losses from 2022’s Hurricane Ian have neared $21.4 billion, with about 6 percent of claims remaining open,
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Education and insurance bills are sent to the Florida governor

A bill limiting teacher preparation programs and one moving policies out of the state’s Citizens Property Insurance have been sent to Florida Gov. DeSantis.
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Florida Peninsula Insurance Company will lower rates by an average of 2 percent

Florida lawmakers and insurance industry officials say changes, such as steps to reduce costly litigation, are helping the market rebound.
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Citizens Property Insurance touts that private companies are taking over its policies

Private insurers pulled more than 275,000 policies last year from Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance and nearly 115,000 this year,
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A judge rejects Florida’s request to block changes to flood insurance

A federal judge has rejected a request by Florida & other states for a preliminary injunction to block changes to the National Flood Insurance Program.

WMNF News poll on the costs of housing and insurance in Florida

Republicans are more likely to blame the federal government for high insurance costs while Democrats are more likely to blame the state.
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Donald Trump endorses Joe Gruters for Florida Chief Financial Officer in 2026

President Donald Trump is already putting his thumb on the scale in the campaign to succeed Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis.

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