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Special Report: Florida Reforms Are a Positive Development; Underwriting Discipline Remains Essential
Recent legislative reforms in the Florida property insurance market have driven substantial earnings in 2025.
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Source: Special Reports Date: May 20, 2026
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2025 Best's Rankings: U.S. Homeowners Multi Peril - Industry’s Direct Premiums Written Increased 13.4%
Top 100 writers ranked by 2024 direct premiums written.
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Source: Rankings Date: June 20, 2025
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Special Report: Florida Property Insurance Market Improves; Reinsurance Dependency Remains High

The aggregate combined ratio for active Florida specialists, as well as Citizens, outperformed AM Best’s personal property composite for the first time since 2017.
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Source: Special Reports Date: May 30, 2024
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Reinsurance in 2023 Driving Cypress' 18.7% Florida Homeowners Rate Hike
...Donnell said the June 1, 2023, renewal period was particularly difficult. "We do understand that it is difficult receiving price increases for your homeowners insurance. ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 4, 2024
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Florida OIR to Hear Cypress 18.7% Rate Hike Request
Property & Casualty Insurance Co.'s request for an overall 18.7% homeowners rate hike. The carrier submitted a use-and-file request that took effect on Sept. 9 for homeowners ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 2, 2024
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Commentary: Florida Losses from Hurricane Idalia Are Unlikely To Match Hurricane Ian’s
Florida Losses from Hurricane Idalia Are Unlikely To Match Hurricane Ian’s.
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Source: Commentaries Date: September 1, 2023

Florida Carriers Continue Overlapping Rate Hikes Driven by Reinsurance Costs
Manager Steve Caster said in a hearing. Peggy Cheng, OIR property/casualty product review actuary, questioned the move, saying she struggled to understand the age surcharge. Caster ...
Source: BestWire Date: May 5, 2023
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Three Florida Carriers Approved to Take Out 61,218 Citizens Policies
Florida carriers Monarch Insurance, Florida Peninsula Insurance Co. and Edison Insurance Co. could take out a combined 61,218 policies of the 1.25 million now written by the state ...
Source: BestWire Date: April 11, 2023
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Best’s Rankings: Florida Leads Nation in Homeowners Premium
California and fast-growing Idaho and Montana. Direct premium for homeowners carriers, total United States, reached $119.7 billion in 2021, an 8.4% rise from 2020. BestLink reports ...
Source: BestWire Date: November 18, 2022
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Commentary: Hurricane Ian Will Test Florida’s New State-Run Reinsurance Program
Property insurance in Florida is already a problematic market, and the hurricane will likely make conditions more difficult.
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Source: Commentaries Date: September 28, 2022

2022 Best’s Rankings: U.S. Homeowners Multi Peril - Industry’s Direct Premiums Written Increased 8.3%.
This Best’s Ranking report presents the top 100 U.S. homeowners multiple peril writers as ranked by 2021 direct premiums written.
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Source: Rankings Date: June 17, 2022
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SafePoint Assumes 30,000 Homeowners Policies From Insolvent Insurers in Louisiana
State National Fire Insurance Co., state Insurance Commissioner James Donelon said in a statement. The assumption of the policies is retroactive to Dec. 1, so the 30,000 Louisiana ...
Source: BestWire Date: December 30, 2021
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Briefing: Hurricane Irma Tests Newer Participants in Florida Market
Hurricane Irma will be remembered as one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean.
Source: Commentaries Date: September 14, 2017

2016 Statistical Study: U.S. Property/Casualty – 9-Month 2016 Financial Results
This statistical study presents the top 25 property and casualty writers as ranked by 9-month 2016 net premiums written as of September 30, 2016.
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Source: Rankings Date: December 5, 2016
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Florida Regulation Office Approves Seven Insurers to Take Out 280,000 Citizens Policies
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The companies are Anchor Property & Casualty Insurance Co.; Cypress Property & Casualty Insurance Co.; Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co.; ...
Source: BestWire Date: August 11, 2015
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Auto Insurer Gets Florida Homeowners License, Approval for Citizens Depopulation
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. during a depopulation round in December. American Colonial Insurance Co. was licensed Sept. 30 to write homeowners insurance in Florida, according ...
Source: BestWire Date: October 2, 2014
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Florida Citizens CFO Headed to Cypress Property & Casualty
Florida regulator," Binnun wrote in the email. She could not be reached for additional comment beyond the email. Cypress Property & Casualty was licensed in Florida in 1998, ...
Source: BestWire Date: July 1, 2013
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Florida Regulator Rejects Hartford Cos.' Rate Change Proposal
Office of Insurance Regulation in Florida. Last month, the regulator denied homeowners insurance rate requests submitted by Cypress Property & Casualty, First Floridian Auto and ...
Source: BestWire Date: September 12, 2007
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Florida's McCarty Again Rejects Property Insurers' Rates
Floridian Auto and Home, and Travelers Indemnity Co. of America - requested a decrease in rates, the reduced rates did not "adequately reflect all of the savings realized when the ...
Source: BestWire Date: August 14, 2007
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Florida Windstorm Pool to Present New Take-Out Plan
Southern Family Insurance Co. Inc., American Superior Insurance Co., ICAT-Clarendon National Insurance Co. and Cypress Property & Casualty Insurance Co., said FWUA spokesman Ron ...
Source: BestWire Date: September 15, 2000
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