PROPERTY INSURANCE

Rules for new Citizens Property Insurance policyholders is part of legislation that was passed during a special session.

When the new year starts in less than a week, a number of new laws will take effect in Florida.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a sweeping property insurance bill.

As Florida lawmakers try to stabilize the troubled property-insurance system next month, they could face worsening problems with reinsurance, a critical part of the system.

Despite pounding parts of the East Coast, Hurricane Nicole will not hit Florida’s insurance market as hard as Hurricane Ian.

Charlie Crist, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor, held a news conference Wednesday in Jacksonville, saying he has tackled property insurance in Florida before and he would do it again as governor.

A Leon County circuit judge has rejected a challenge by contractors to part of a new property-insurance law that restricted attorney fees in insurance disputes.

United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. will exit Florida’s troubled homeowners’ insurance market, forcing customers to find new coverage as their policies come up for renewal, the insurer’s parent company announced Thursday.

Florida has taken action to back up property insurance companies facing a downgraded rating in an effort to help homeowners comply with mortgage requirements rather than being forced to seek new policies.

Lawmakers are trying to find a way to lower home insurance premiums for Floridians.

The Florida Legislature on Monday began a special session focused on fixing the state's turbulent property insurance market.

This is happening while home insurance rates, home values and construction costs are going up.

Roof-damage claims. Lawsuits. Reinsurance costs. For tens of thousands of homeowners, those issues could add up to large property-insurance rate increases if state regulators sign off on proposals presented Tuesday.

The Florida property insurance market is still in a state of crisis, suffering a nearly $1 billion loss in 2020 alone.

Tax watchdogs are sounding the alarm about a provision in President Joe Biden’s proposed tax plan that they’re calling a “hurricane tax.”