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Gov. De Santis celebrates Citizens insurance improvements
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (324+ words) Gov. Ron De Santis says Florida's insurer of last resort has gone from being a point of concern just a few years ago to being on solid footing today. He noted that the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation secured reinsurance at…...
Personal insurance organization launches new effort to help Floridians prepare for floods
2+ week, 6+ day ago (347+ words) Florida is famously at risk of floods, and a new program aims to help residents deal with Mother Nature. The Personal Insurance Federation of Florida (PIFF) is launching Flood Ready Florida, a site to help residents prepare for floods. The…...
Byron Donalds introduces Insurer Scorecard to lower premiums, give consumers info
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (307+ words) Insurance is a big issue for Florida voters, and a candidate for Governor has a novel proposal to bring transparency for homeowners. Byron Donalds introduced an insurer scorecard during a Saturday swing through Pinellas County, which would make Florida the…...
Jeff Kottkamp: Commercial insurance clearinghouse bill aims to boost competition, lower costs
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (286+ words) Florida's insurance market is never boring. A small but vocal group opposes this bill and seems to prefer government-backed insurance over market-based solutions to our insurance problems. This thinking is flawed. Government-backed insurance is meant to support the market when…...
Florida Communities Certification Association launches to improve condo transparency, safety, cost
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (395+ words) It launched as the first independent, third-party certification and rating system for condominium and homeowners associations in Florida. It introduces a standardized framework to more thoroughly evaluate the things that drive risk. Until its launch, Florida's condo market has for…...
Nate Jurewicz: Florida braces for short sale surge as FHA relief ends
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (736+ words) Florida's housing market, already cooling after the pandemic boom, is confronting a fresh wave of distress. In 2025, the Sunshine State posted the nation's highest foreclosure rate: one filing for every 230 housing units, according to ATTOM data, topping even Texas and…...
Split decision: Legislature's claims bill choices leave some compensated, others empty-handed
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1461+ words) The 2026 Session proved somewhat successful for claims bills, a niche but often emotionally charged class of legislation that asks lawmakers to approve payments to people harmed by government negligence when legal limits prevent full compensation. More than a third of…...
Senate approves Joe Gruters" plan to shrink Citizens Property Insurance
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (668+ words) Florida Politics The House approved a measure sponsored by Sarasota Republican Sen. Joe Gruters aimed at shifting more commercial properties out of the state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corporation and into the private market, sending the measure to Gov. Ron De…...
Mike Yaworsky says top auto insurance companies in Florida drop rates
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (346+ words) Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky says the top five auto insurance groups in the state have lowered their car coverage premiums for 2026. The average decrease for those companies " including Progressive, GEICO, State Farm, Allstate and USAA " was about 8%. Those firms account…...
House passes Yvette Benarroch's property insurance transparency proposal requiring online rate database
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (284+ words) The House has approved legislation seeking to give homeowners greater insight into their insurance policies and rate changes. Naples Republican Rep. Yvette Benarroch filed the bill (HB 767), which would require regulators to publish detailed rate data online to help consumers…...