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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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 Special Report: Florida Property Insurance Market Improves; Reinsurance Dependency Remains High   Set up an alert from the report page
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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 Market Segment Report: Rapidly Increasing MGA Premiums Warrant Greater Oversight
The partnership between insurers and MGAs should not be limited to premium generation, but should include strategic and operational risk management.
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Source: Market Segment Reports   Date: May 22, 2024
 Commentary: Louisiana’s Proposed Property Market Fix a Stopgap Given Underlying Reinsurance Issues
Long-term solutions are needed to address the pricing and capacity challenges insurers in the state face.
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Source: Commentaries   Date: January 27, 2023
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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Another Florida Insurer, Southern Fidelity, Heading Toward Liquidation
Southern Fidelity Insurance Co., a Florida-based property/casualty insurer that has struggled in recent years with constant underwriting losses, has been placed in receivership and ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 16, 2022
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Southern Fidelity Submits Remediation Plan to Florida Regulator
Southern Fidelity Insurance Co., which failed to obtain sufficient reinsurance for 2022-2023 and was threatened with insolvency, has submitted a remediation plan to the Florida ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 9, 2022
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Florida Orders Southern Fidelity to Wind Down From Its ‘Hazardous’ Condition
Southern Fidelity Insurance Co. to produce a plan to wind down after the company announced it could not procure sufficient reinsurance for the rest of the year. The company on May ...
Source: BestWire   Date: June 6, 2022
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Southern Fidelity Says 84.5% Florida Homeowners Hike Is ‘Vital’
Southern Fidelity Insurance Co. to request a statewide average 84.5% hike in its homeowners multiperil rates in Florida, company officials said at a hearing. If approved, average ...
Source: BestWire   Date: January 21, 2022
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Southern Fidelity, Seeking 36% Rate Hike for Florida Homeowners, Will Seek More
Florida property insurance company Southern Fidelity Insurance Co., seeking a 36% overall increase in rates for homeowners, told Florida regulators the company is planning to come ...
Source: BestWire   Date: August 23, 2021
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Florida Regulator Allows Three Property Insurers to Drop 53,000 Policies
Property and Casualty Insurance Co. was approved to drop 20,311 homeowners policies with 45 days' notice. At the end of 2020, Gulfstream reported a policyholders surplus of $20 ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 12, 2021
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 2020 Best’s Rankings: U.S. Property/Casualty – 2019 Financial Results
This Best’s Ranking report presents the top 25 U.S. property and casualty writers as ranked by 2019 net premiums written as of Dec. 31, 2019.
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Source: Rankings   Date: March 23, 2020
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 2019 Best’s Rankings: U.S. Property/Casualty – 6-Month 2019 Financial Results
This Best’s Rankings report presents the top property and casualty writers as ranked by 6-month 2019 net premiums written as of June 30, 2019.
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Source: Rankings   Date: September 9, 2019
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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
Louisiana Citizens’ Depopulation Efforts See Policy Count Slip to Below One-Third of 2008 Peak
Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s latest offering of 10,304 policies into the private market has lowered the policy count of the state's insurer of last resort to ...
Source: BestWire   Date: December 7, 2016
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Five Insurers Approved to Take Out More Than 95,000 Citizens Policies
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. residential and commercial insurance policies through mid-December. The takeout approval is an attempt to continue policy shedding by Citizens, ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 4, 2016
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Three Louisiana Homeowners Carriers Seek Double-Digit Rate Hikes
State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., which is asking for an average 27.2% increase in its manufactured homeowners line. If approved, the increase would go into effect in August for ...
Source: BestWire   Date: May 21, 2012
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Fla. Homeowners Writers Find Stringent Standards Worth It in Quest for Citizens Takeouts
Southern Fidelity Property and Casualty Inc. "You've got to get your rates, your forms, your processes, and all your contracts have to be in place. You've got to place reinsurance. ...
Source: BestWire   Date: March 19, 2012
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La. Citizens Property Insurance Set to Shift 10,000 Policies to Private Market
The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state's insurer of last resort, hopes to move 10,000 personal lines policies to private insurance companies by the end of the ...
Source: BestWire   Date: July 25, 2011
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Without the Wind Blowing, Florida Insurers Struggle to Hang On
Capitol Preferred Insurance Co. and Southern Fidelity Insurance Co. Companies can lose up to 90% of the wind rate after discounts, he said. "These credits were not created in a ...
Source: BestWire   Date: October 19, 2009
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