Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Some homeowners have had to beef up the amount of property insurance they buy to cover what they say are inflated cost estimates to rebuild their homes. It's a double whammy for homeowners because for many, rebuilding costs didn't go down when the...

A local public insurance adjuster and the president of a home inspectors group allege that parts of property insurance laws passed this year and last hurt their industries and are unconstitutional. Public adjuster restrictions In a lawsuit filed this...

Legislation allowing less regulated insurers to take over Citizens Property Insurance policies has now cleared both the House and Senate's insurance committees. Senators approved a bill, SB 578, by a 7 to 3 vote Wednesday because they're hoping the...

It appears Coconut Creek resident Sandy Teich wasn't the only one who hired an inspection firm that said her home upgrades qualified for insurance discounts only to have the very same firm do another inspection at the insurer's expense and take the...

Citizens Property Insurance should raise rates by more than the 10 percent allowed under state law and it should reduce coverage, according to a recent report from Florida State University's storm risk management center. The report comes weeks before the...

Citizens Property Insurance’s board will consider approving a plan Wednesday to shrink and reduce its financial risk to Floridians. All automobile and property insurance policyholders in the state would be charged fees if a major hurricane...

Citizens Property Insurance announced today that it's launching a review of software it uses to calculate rebuilding costs in light of complaints that the estimates are too high and triggering huge premium increases for some policyholders. Citizens...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers begin their second week of session today with redistricting action on the Senate floor and House committees vetting everything from sewage bills and homestead exemptions to murder penalties and the federal health-care...

TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers plan to keep discussing prisons, jobs, the courts, drugs and budgets today. The House Economic Affairs Committee leads things off at 8:30 a.m. with a dozen bills on the agenda, including an onsite sewage treatment...

TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and welcome to the Monday edition of the morning reads. Last week, the halfway point of the session, saw the passage of redistricting maps in the House, plus the end of the road for the gambling bill. And a controversial...

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House is slated to take up its proposed $69.2 billion budget today, while the Senate is inching closer to producing one of its own. Welcome to Day 30 of the 2012 legislative session — the official midpoint, if you...