June 27, 2022
Via: Insurance BusinessFlorida’s Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has established the personal property and commercial property insurance rates of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation – the state-backed insurer of last resort – for 2022. The OIR held a virtual public rate hearing to […]
June 24, 2022
Via: Insurance JournalHomeowners in the US got new guidance to help them defend against increasingly frequent wildfires and associated rising insurance premiums. The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety, a research nonprofit funded by insurers, announced it has developed the first […]
June 24, 2022
Via: Insurance BusinessThe Insurance Information Institute (Triple-i) has released a damning report which has warned that Florida’s current homeowners’ insurance market is “on the verge of failure,” thanks to rampant fraudulent roof repair schemes and excessive insurance litigation. Triple-I found that thanks […]
June 23, 2022
Via: Insurance JournalThe head of a small, South Florida investment firm has been charged with insurance fraud after he submitted a $300,000 roof-leak claim to his insurer, American International Group, along with allegedly fake photos of mold and other damage to his […]
June 15, 2022
Via: Artemis BMThe insurance and reinsurance industry would have welcomed “reforms that helped the industry today” in Florida’s property insurance market, according to the CEO of CaseGlide, as notices of intent to litigate claims rose 10% in the state in May. That’s […]
May 27, 2022
Via: Insurance JournalFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed property insurance and condominium maintenance reform legislation into law Thursday, putting an exclamation point on a whirlwind of lawmaking that began just a week ago when the bills were drafted and filed. “This package represents […]
May 24, 2022
Via: Reinsurance NewsThe National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has commented on Florida’s special session on the property insurance crisis, which it sees as an opportunity for the Legislature to pass critical reforms to address some of the most pressing issues […]
February 22, 2022
Via: Reinsurance NewsAnalysis by global reinsurance broker, Gallagher Re, finds that by 2040 the cyber market will become comparable in size to either property or casualty as the segment experiences a second wave of growth from 2023. Gallagher Re’s cyber reinsurance team […]
January 21, 2022
Via: Artemis BMThe latest property insurance rate increase filings submitted by carriers in Florida are calling for really significant uplifts in pricing, suggesting the primary market still believes more rate is required to support sustainable profits, which implies reinsurance firming also needs […]
January 3, 2022
Via: Artemis BMThe severe wildfire activity in Boulder County, Colorado is now estimated to have destroyed roughly 1,000 properties, with officials preliminarily citing 991 residential properties as completely destroyed, with another 127 damaged. These are not thought to be the final figures […]