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Rate Hearings Point to Continuing Concerns

Rate Hearings Point to Continuing Concerns

In December 2019, Joe Petrelli of Demotech, Inc. sent a letter of Barry Gilway of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation describing several concerns with Florida’s residential property insurance market.  Petrelli mentioned that several insurers could see downgrades to their Financial Stability Ratings.  He acknowledged that last year’s assignment of benefits (AOB) reforms might be beneficial later.  […]

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OIR Conducts Public Hearing on Workers’ Compensation Rates

OIR Conducts Public Hearing on Workers’ Compensation Rates

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is holding a public hearing today to discuss NCCI’s proposed overall statewide average workers’ compensation premium decrease of 9.6%.  The rate filing includes a statewide average rate decrease of 9.3% and a reduction of the fixed expense cost applicable to every workers’ compensation policy in Florida from $200 to […]

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OIR Schedules Public Hearings on Health Insurance Acquisitions

OIR Schedules Public Hearings on Health Insurance Acquisitions

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has scheduled hearings on consecutive days in December relating to major pending health insurance acquisitions.  On December 7, the OIR will hold a public hearing on Aetna, Inc.’s proposed acquisition of CarePlus Health Plans, Inc., Humana Health Insurance Company of Florida, Inc., Humana Medical Plan, Inc., and CompBenefits Company. […]

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Hearing Approaches on Workers’ Compensation Rates

Hearing Approaches on Workers’ Compensation Rates

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (Office) has scheduled a public hearing in connection with its evaluation of the annual NCCI rate filing.  The filing proposes an overall average rate decrease of 1.9% for the workers’ compensation line of insurance.  NCCI is a licensed rating organization authorized to make rate filings on behalf of approximately 260 workers’ […]

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OIR Receives Annual NCCI Filing

OIR Receives Annual NCCI Filing

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) announced that it has received the annual workers’ compensation rate filing submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI).  The rate filing provides for an overall 1% increase in workers’ compensation rates.  The effective date of the filing is January 1, 2014. As in prior years, the […]

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Rate Hearing Provides Forum for Discussion of Citizens Rates

Rate Hearing Provides Forum for Discussion of Citizens Rates

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation held a public hearing today in Miami to seek additional information about Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s recommended rate filings and to allow interested parties to comment.  Florida law specifies that Citizens will submit actuarially sound rates, provided that no policyholders’ rates will go up by more than 10% (with […]

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Public Hearing on Citizens Rate Filings Today

Public Hearing on Citizens Rate Filings Today

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation  holds a public hearing today to discuss and receive input on Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s proposed rate changs for its Coastal Account and Personal Lines Account (PLA).  The proposed statewide average rate increase for homeowners’ policies, including sinkhole coverage, are 11.1 percent for the Coastal Account and 12 percent for the Personal Lines Account. Sinkhole prone […]

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OIR to Hold Hearing on Citizens Rates

OIR to Hold Hearing on Citizens Rates

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will hold a public hearing September 20 to discuss and receive input on Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s proposed rate changs for its Coastal Account and Personal Lines Account (PLA).  These accounts include policies for personal residential insurance policies such as homeowners and mobile home owners’ policies. The proposed statewide average rate increase for homeowners’ policies, […]

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NCCI Submits Workers’ Compensation Filing

NCCI Submits Workers’ Compensation Filing

The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has filed a proposed 8.3% workers’ compensation rate increase with the Office of Insurance Regulation with an effective date of January 1, 2011.  The proposed change change consists of a 3.4% increase due to a change in experience, a 3.9% increase due to a change in trend, and a […]

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