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Associated PressFebruary 25, 2016

Florida legislators may try once again give additional protections to customers of Citizens Property Insurance. A Senate panel on Thursday approved a bill that would put a limit on how many times a year a homeowner could be asked to leave the state-created insurance carrier. The bill sponsored by Sen. Anitere Flores would also make […]

Associated PressDecember 10, 2015

Florida’s largest property insurer is discussing whether to eliminate caps on rate increases and limit what homeowners can do if they have water damage. The state-created Citizens Property Insurance is debating changes in order to combat lawsuits tied to water damage claims. Citizens Property Insurance President Barry Gilway said Wednesday that a rise in lawsuits […]

Jac VerSteegJune 3, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday vetoed a law – House Bill 1087 – that would have created protections for Florida homeowners who have insurance from Citizens, the state-run insurer of last resort. Scott said he thought the bill would hinder efforts to depopulate Citizens. But from my experience, he got things exactly backwards. Specifically, the […]

Associated PressJune 3, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott is vetoing bills designed to beef up convenience store security and give additional protections to customers of Citizens Property Insurance. Scott on Tuesday vetoed the two bills while also signing 17 other ones into law. The store security bill (HB 755) would have required family-owned convenience stores to follow certain security measures […]

Melissa RossMarch 5, 2015

Using the newly completed Southbank Riverwalk as a location with the city’s Main Street Bridge as a backdrop on Thursday, Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown assembled a group of local business leaders to make the economic case for his re-election. After glowing introductions from local business owners, Brown stepped to the mike and touted his record […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 10, 2015

Florida’s property insurance system has been on a roller-coaster ride over the past 10 years. Since Hurricane Wilma struck Florida’s coast in October 2005, the Sunshine State has lived up to its moniker, having gone more than nine years and four months without a landfall. And that unprecedented streak of luck has allowed the state […]

Guest AuthorJune 10, 2014

Florida’s state-run insurer, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., is due for another investigation. This review is needed following the report “Revolving door of Citizens executives to companies with contracts raises questions” by Mary Ellen Klas of the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times. The Herald/Times report found that at least three senior executives at Citizens went to work […]

Guest AuthorNovember 27, 2013

The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season officially comes to a close at midnight on Saturday, November 30, and Mother Nature has again spared Florida from a major storm. Here at Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, we have been busy taking advantage of that good fortune. Citizens’ overall exposure has dropped 33 percent in the past 15 months, while […]

Tag: Citizens Property Insurance

Legislators may try once again give additional protections to Citizens Property Insurance consumers

Spike in claims sparks talk of rate hike, policy changes at Citizens Property Insurance

Jac Wilder VerSteeg: Gov. Rick Scott's veto hinders effort to woo homeowners away from Citizens

Governor vetoes insurance, store security bills

Alvin Brown appears with business leaders, touts economic record

Sal Nuzzo: Florida's Vanilla Ice property insurance system

Dan Krassner: Citizens Property Insurance due for another investigation

Barry Gilway: Goodbye 2013 Hurricane Season