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/PRNewswire/ -- Reporters covering Hurricane Ian are encouraged to contact the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) for interviews and analysis. The...

/PRNewswire/ -- Reporters covering Hurricane Ian are encouraged to contact the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) for interviews and analysis. The...

Specialist predicts auto premiums will continue rising

Addressed to SBC Alternative Transportation Manager Mark Friedlander, the letter affirmed local municipal support of the project to improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety.

Inside state's move to oust Demotech, and Petrelli speaks out

Insurance industry experts said it's a waste of taxpayer money for a solution that will only worsen property insurance problems in Florida.

Floridians now have the highest property-insurance rates in the nation. The average premium of $4,231 is nearly triple the U.S. average of $1,544.

The question gets asked whenever insurance companies pull out of the Florida market: Why can't the state pass a law to require large insurers who want to sell auto insurance policies in the state to also sell a certain number of homeowners policies? Turns out the state enacted such a law in 2007 and has apparently forgotten about it since then.

Less than a month after United Property and Casualty Insurance was downgraded from an "A" to an "M" rating, the company has now lost its financial stability...

The cost of premiums might be high but investors are not lining up to try and get into the Florida insurance market—they’re leaving in droves. An Intelligent Insurer panel discusses what is going on in the sunshine state.