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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 […]
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation is implementing a reduced blackout window for insurer assumptions. The blackout window recognizes that Citizens must process and mail nonrenewal notices in connection with the assumptions, so insurers can choose only those policies with expiration dates far enough in the future to allow proper notice. Senate Bill 408 allows Citizens to reduce […]
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Citizens Property Insurance Corporation got the insurance world talking recently when it announced that rates for sinkhole coverage would increase by an average of 400 percent, and by much higher amounts in certain areas. Citizens’ rate increases are capped at 10 percent per policyholder per year, but the 2011 legislature removed sinkhole coverage from the […]
Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has named Robin Westcott as Florida’s next Insurance Consumer Advocate. CFO Atwater chose Ms. Westcott based on her long career in insurance regulation and her knowledge of issues that affect the insurance-buying public. “Robin will be an ardent, outspoken and persistent advocate for Florida’s insurance consumers,” said CFO Atwater. “She is committed to […]
Each year, the legislature asks its committees to review significant issues and prepare reports in anticipation of the the next legislative session. This year is no different, and the Senate recently released its list of interim projects. Projects of the Banking & Insurance Committee can be seen in the attached document. Project 2012-11 will be […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an informational memorandum (OIR-11-05m) summarizing the minimum surplus requirements for property and casualty insurers as revised in SB 408. The bill was signed into law on May 17, 2011, and the surplus requirements became effective at that time. The new law specifies that a new insurer writing […]
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