The FPCA Homeowners Division will be meeting via teleconference on Monday, September 13 at 3:00 p.m.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code:  28582#. An agenda for the meeting is attached.  Minutes from the August 10, 2010 meeting will be …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Citizens Property Insurance Corporation asks to raise rates Florida’s largest insurance company, the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, wants to raise rates an average of 10 percent statewide. …

    The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has scheduled a public hearing today, September 7, 2010, to discuss proposed rate increases filed by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation. The statewide average proposed rate increases vary from 6.1 to 10.9 percent, …

Louis Spagnuolo of WCS Lending in Boca Raton answered reader questions about the housing market in a September 3, 2010 posting on the Sun Sentinel House Keys blog: Q: What impact does the threat of a hurricane have on home …

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners held its Summer 2010 National Meeting during August 14-17 in Seattle, Washington.  Below are highlights of the various committee meetings that took place during the event. To view the NAIC’s official meeting summary …

Above:  Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty at a recent interview with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.   The South Florida Sun-Sentinel published the September 3, 2010 article below in which Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty is interviewed.  Note:  Portions of this interview …

FHCF Exposure Examination Information Posted To assist insurers in preparing for its 2010/2011 Contract Year exposure examination, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) has issued the following advance preparation materials (to access the documents, click on the hyperlinks below): Advanced …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida to receive additional $170M in Race to the Top funds Florida will receive up to another $170 million in Race to the Top funds on top of …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   News Release:  Fort Lauderdale-based Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary UPCIC to Offer Homeowners Insurance Through GEICO Agents in North Carolina Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc., a vertically integrated insurance …

FPCA Homeowners Division Members: At our last meeting, the membership unanimously approved a motion to collect certain data regarding sinkhole activity and submit it to a third party for compilation and later submission to the Florida Senate Banking and Insurance …