Property Insurance

Lawmakers in 2022 and 2023 passed measures aimed at stabilizing the state’s insurance market as insurance companies fled the state and policyholders saw premiums skyrocket.

But people considering locating to Florida are pondering whether it's worth the risk to move to a hurricane-prone state.

A state program that provides critical backup coverage for property insurers could pay an estimated $4.6 billion because of 2024 hurricane claims, mainly from Milton.

The property insurance market in every other state seems to be headed down the road that Florida has paved. Here is Florida's origin story of this crisis.

The state has stopped accepting applications for the popular home-hardening program, less than a month after a new round of funding became available.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has approved $200 million to continue a home-hardening grant program that could help about 20,000 residents cut property insurance costs.

The organization is taking inflation into account in the structuring of its mortgages.

The Home Expo had information booths and mini workshops covering all aspects of real estate vetting, financing, underwriting and improvement possibilities.

Bills that cover social media, homeless camping, and property insurance are among a batch of bills now on the governor's desk. He can veto, sign, or let them go into effect without his signature.

State leaders have long sought to move policies out of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance and into the private market.