Information from the Office of Insurance Regulation re Public Hearing Location Changed for Hearing on Citizens Rate Filing Concerning Monroe County 7/26/06

Jan 14, 2007

Please find below news from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact this office.

Regards,

Fred E. Karlinsky

PUBLIC HEARING LOCATION CHANGED FOR HEARING ON CITIZENS RATE FILING CONCERNING MONROE COUNTY

CITIZENS RATE FILING CONCERNING MONROE COUNTY

TALLAHASSEE (JULY 24, 2006) � The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has scheduled a public hearing for August 1 in Key West for input from the public concerning Citizens Property Insurance Corporation�s (Citizens) actuarial rate filings for Monroe County. These rate filings proposed countywide average increases of 25.4 percent for their homeowners line of business and 20.2 percent for their mobile homeowners line of business. The requested rates are not uniform and some areas are subject to higher or lower rate changes.

The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 1 in the 2nd Floor Conference Room at the Harvey Government Center, 1200 Truman Avenue. The hearing location has been changed at the request of Fair Insurance Rates in Monroe (FIRM).Interested parties may speak at the hearing or may forward comments to Kristopher Duer at kristopher.duer@fldfs.com.

Call the Florida Department of Financial Services Consumer Helpline at 1-800-342-2762 for more information.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations should contact Sam Coskey at (850) 413-2616 or email sam.coskey@fldfs.com at least 48 hours before the hearing.