Florida should brace for double whammy: Tax reform, hurricanes
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As 2015 comes to a close, several aspects of this year’s insurance market stand out. Each year presents its share of successes and its share of challenges, which is expected in a cyclical industry. However, on balance we will remember 2015 for its continued stability in several key insurance markets. In Florida, our view of […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation released a report summarizing the results of its annual reinsurance data call and stress test. Under the stress test, residential property insurers are required to identify how their reinsurance programs would respond to several hurricane scenarios, including a single large event or multiple smaller events. According to the OIR’s […]
Property insurance issues have dominated the legislative session in nearly every year since Hurricane Andrew. If property insurance was not the most prevalent issue in a given session, it certainly ranked in the top five topics being considered. Over the last twenty years, the legislature has established the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, merged the former […]
Florida CAT Fund, property insurance, reinsurance, Insurance Regulation
The House Insurance Committee will hold a workshop at 4:00 today on the assignment of benefits issue. This issue has attracted attention as one of the leading causes of upward pressure on homeowners insurance rates even when reinsurance costs have been declining and Florida has enjoyed a long run of hurricane-free years. An assignment of […]
Travis Miller discusses proposed changes to the Office of Insurance Regulation’s rule on credit for reinsurance.
After the devastating series of storms in 2004 and 2005, Florida has enjoyed a run of essentially storm-free years. This has led to improved conditions in the private insurance market, and consequently to reductions in the policy count of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. Citizens therefore expects that it in 2015 it will be able to […]