Michael Moline
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. can buy back some $300 million in reinsurance against a catastrophic storm because the risk of that happening is now projected to have fallen.
The company’s board of governors voted unanimously to approve the move during a conference call Wednesday.
Citizens, Florida’s property insurer of last resort, bought the coverage from Everglades Re II Ltd. in 2015.
The company will repurchase catastrophic coverage at prices keyed to the new estimates of the threat, spokesman Michael Peltier said.
“It allows us to go into the market with more flexibility,” he said. “It no longer makes sense for us to insure against that exposure level.”
It isn’t clear yet how much Citizens could save.
“We won’t know until our 2017 buy,” Peltier said.
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