Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

Insurers learn to pinpoint risks -- and avoid them

2006-11-28 00:00:00

NEWARK, CALIF. — Hemant Shah is in the business of creating catastrophes. The computers at Shah's Silicon Valley company, Risk Management Solutions Inc., contain mathematical models of every U.S. disaster from the 1812 earthquake that toppled...

Should the U.S. cut back on drone attacks?

2013-05-24 00:00:00

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$52 million Citizens depop deal includes many South Florida policies

2013-05-22 15:39:54

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s Board of Governors on Wednesday approved a $52 million transaction that will send some 60,000 of the state-backed insurer's policies to St. Petersburg-based Heritage Property and Casualty Insurance Co. South Florida is...

Gilway: Post-session Citizens is best ever

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Hurricane season doesn't officially start until next month, but Citizens Property Insurance Corp. already has weathered a series of political and public-relations storms. Still shy of his first anniversary at the helm of Citizens Property Insurance...

Citizens offers cheaper rate option with no fanfare

2013-05-19 00:44:01

Last year, the Florida Legislature mandated Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to offer a cheaper, more limited coverage option to homeowners, potentially saving them up to 70 percent on their premiums. Citizens, which is trying to raise its prices in...

Report: No retaliation found in Citizens' firings

2013-05-15 00:00:00

The firing of four members of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s Office of Corporate Integrity last fall was not retaliatory, according to the final report issued Monday by Gov. Rick Scott's chief inspector general investigating the incident. Six months...

Insurance, gaming, Everglades interests tip the lobbying scales

2013-05-16 08:22:00

TALLAHASSEE -- Insurance carriers, sugar growers pushing to lessen their pollution costs, telecommunications giant AT&T, and an Internet cafe software company dominated spending on lobbyists to influence the Florida Legislature over the first three months...

David Hart: Chance to right-size Cat Fund fails

2013-05-19 00:00:00

For far too long, Florida has been only one costly storm away from financial catastrophe, with homeowners, businesses, charities, churches and automobile policyholders paying heavy "hurricane tax" assessments from past hurricanes.� We also face the risk...

The constant storm over insurance rates in Florida

2013-05-17 12:44:01

Florida homeowners are grappling with a familiar nightmare this time of year, and it's not fear of a major hurricane. Once more, property owners enter hurricane season threatened with paying higher insurance rates -- particularly if they're with state-...

Senate passes Citizens reforms, abandons rate hikes

2013-05-02 18:55:35

When the controversial overhaul of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. reached the Senate floor for final consideration Thursday, lawmakers simultaneously voted "Yes" to reforming the state-backed insurer and "No" to new increases in premiums. By a 32-1...

Now, it's Gov. Scott's turn to show leadership on the budget

2013-05-12 00:00:00

South Florida survived the Florida Legislature. Up next is Gov. Rick Scott who can turn a bill into law and a lawmaker's budget request into reality — or not. Over the next two weeks, the governor will either approve, or kill, a number of...

Health care, teacher raises, 'revenge porn' in 50 words or fewer

2013-05-11 18:09:00

In some ways, the Florida Legislature is like a bomb. We know it will go off. We know there will be casualties. But it sometimes takes a while to assess the damage. That's why I'm here to help. Think of me as your one-man disaster-response team...

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

2012-10-03 00:00:00