19+ hour, 27+ min ago  (307+ words) Insurance is a big issue for Florida voters, and a candidate for Governor has a novel proposal to bring transparency for homeowners. Byron Donalds introduced an insurer scorecard during a Saturday swing through Pinellas County, which would make Florida the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (286+ words) Florida's insurance market is never boring. A small but vocal group opposes this bill and seems to prefer government-backed insurance over market-based solutions to our insurance problems. This thinking is flawed. Government-backed insurance is meant to support the market when…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (395+ words) It launched as the first independent, third-party certification and rating system for condominium and homeowners associations in Florida. It introduces a standardized framework to more thoroughly evaluate the things that drive risk. Until its launch, Florida's condo market has for…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (736+ words) Florida's housing market, already cooling after the pandemic boom, is confronting a fresh wave of distress. In 2025, the Sunshine State posted the nation's highest foreclosure rate: one filing for every 230 housing units, according to ATTOM data, topping even Texas and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (668+ words) Florida Politics The House approved a measure sponsored by Sarasota Republican Sen. Joe Gruters aimed at shifting more commercial properties out of the state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corporation and into the private market, sending the measure to Gov. Ron De…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (346+ words) Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky says the top five auto insurance groups in the state have lowered their car coverage premiums for 2026. The average decrease for those companies " including Progressive, GEICO, State Farm, Allstate and USAA " was about 8%. Those firms account…...

2+ mon, 17+ hour ago  (284+ words) The House has approved legislation seeking to give homeowners greater insight into their insurance policies and rate changes. Naples Republican Rep. Yvette Benarroch filed the bill (HB 767), which would require regulators to publish detailed rate data online to help consumers…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (287+ words) An emergency assessment initiated more than two years ago to pay for insurance bonds" is coming to an early end. The Florida Insurance Guaranty Association voted this month to eliminate the 1% emergency assessment on Florida homeowner and business property and…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (425+ words) The push to move commercial risk policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. into private markets began back in 2014. Now, Sen. Joe Gruters says this is the year to to get the job done. Gruters has filed a bill (SB 1028) that…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (619+ words) My homeowner's renewal premium just dropped by $600. For the same coverage! While rates in other states are rising, millions of Florida property owners are seeing reductions. Competition is flooding the market. The Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) just ordered Florida's…...