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All of our Reinsurance News related to the Florida insurance marketplace, featuring news and analysis of the annual June renewal season, as well as Florida-specific stories.
RenRe leads FHCF’s $1 billion 2018 reinsurance placement
20th August 2018
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) has completed its $1 billion 2018 reinsurance placement, which includes a broad range of global participating reinsurers, that was once again led by RenaissanceRe (RenRe) and which included increased participation from Swiss Re. The FHCF announced earlier in the year that after observing and evaluating ... Read the full article
Combined Irma loss creep exceeds $1bn for Floridian insurers
16th August 2018
The devastation caused by hurricane Irma continues to impact Floridian insurance companies, with a number of market players increasing their loss reserves as creep from the storm continues. Recorded as the strongest storm to exist in the open Atlantic region, hurricane Irma devastated parts of South U.S., especially Florida, as well ... Read the full article
Heritage sees reduced claims volatility as it further de-risks from Florida
14th August 2018
Florida headquartered property casualty insurer, Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., continues to expand and diversify outside of the highly competitive Florida market, a trend the firm's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bruce Lucas, says should reduce claim volatility as well as reinsurance pricing. Speaking during the insurer's second-quarter 2018 earnings call, ... Read the full article
Swiss Re partnership targets property protection gap in Florida
30th July 2018
Swiss Re has partnered with Florida-based homeowners insurer Security First to provide policyholders with increased protection from water damage, including flood coverage. Ratings are to be based on Swiss Re’s proprietary flood model and priced according to the individual risk exposure. This allows for a more sophisticated delineation of premiums based on ... Read the full article
FEMA urges at-risk Floridians to secure & maintain flood insurance
25th July 2018
As the hurricane season reaches its midway-point, the U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has called on Floridians to secure and maintain flood insurance. FEMA states that only half of Florida homeowners in high-risk areas had insurance against flooding before hurricane Irma made landfall late last year. Concurrently, however, the National Flood ... Read the full article
Mixed mid-year pricing results for Florida property cat reinsurers: Willis Re
11th July 2018
Property catastrophe pricing has been mixed for reinsurers in Florida at mid-year renewals, as increased demand for some companies following 2017’s catastrophes was offset by further non-traditional capital entering the market, according to reinsurance broker Willis Re. Willis Re’s 1st View Report observed that companies that performed well in Hurricane Irma ... Read the full article
Citizens defers increased rate package for Florida homeowners
19th June 2018
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, the state-run not-for-profit insurer, has announced that its Board of Governors has voted to defer action on a proposed 2019 rate package that includes a statewide average increase of 7.9% for personal lines policyholders. The company says the proposed rate increases reflect the impact of escalating nonweather related ... Read the full article
Re/insurance industry losses from Irma surpass $9.7bn
18th June 2018
According to data from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, claims data filed from insurers as of June 12th, 2018, show that the total estimated insurance and reinsurance industry loss from hurricane Irma has increased to more than $9.7 billion. Artemis reported in April that data from the Florida regulator ... Read the full article
Irma showed the robustness of Florida specialists’ reinsurance utilisation: Fitch
6th June 2018
After the impact of hurricane Irma, primary Floridian insurance companies reported fairly limited losses when compared with the volume assumed by the global reinsurance segment, with many primary players reporting that overall losses fell well within their respective reinsurance programmes, reports Fitch. The ratings agency reports that a notable lack of ... Read the full article
Disappointing Florida renewals only justified if hurricane season is benign, warns Peel Hunt
5th June 2018
After reported, disappointing reinsurance rate increases of 1.2% at the Florida June property catastrophe renewals, analysts at Peel Hunt have said that increases at these levels can only be justified if the 2018 hurricane season proves to be benign. Following years of falling rates as a result of benign loss activity ... Read the full article
Federated National completes 2018-19 catastrophe reinsurance programme
31st May 2018
Federated National Holding Company (FNHC) has completed its excess of loss catastrophe reinsurance programme for 2018-19, which will provide FNHC and its wholly-owned insurance subsidiaries, Federated National Insurance Company (FNIC) and Monarch National Insurance Company (MNIC), with $1.34 billion of reinsurance coverage in excess of $23 million retention for catastrophic ... Read the full article
Universal’s P&C subsidiaries finalise 2018-19 reinsurance programmes
31st May 2018
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiaries, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC) and American Platinum Property and Casualty Insurance Company (APPCIC), have completed their 2018-19 reinsurance programmes. Private participants in the reinsurance programmes include Nephila Capital (via Allianz Risk Transfer), Everest Re, RenaissanceRe, Chubb Tempest ... Read the full article
Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund targets $1 billion of reinsurance for 2018
22nd May 2018
After evaluating improved market conditions, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) is looking to secure $1 billion of reinsurance protection at the mid-year renewals, at a preliminary attachment point of $10.5 billion. Following the impacts of hurricane Irma in 2017, it appears the FHCF is looking to adjust its financing for ... Read the full article
Reinsurance blindspot in Florida as roof remodels double, reports BuildFax
27th April 2018
BuildFax, a provider of property condition and history insights, has found that there has been a 110.6% increase in residential roof remodels in Florida over the last 10 years, which has not been considered in recent reinsurance negotiations and catastrophe risk models. The findings were based on in-depth analysis of more ... Read the full article
Heritage sees reinsurers offering flat mid-year renewal rates: CEO Lucas
9th March 2018
Speaking during the firm's fourth-quarter 2017 earnings call, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., Bruce Lucas, highlighted the Floridian carrier's unique position in the market that has seen its reinsurers offer flat rates for hundreds of millions of dollars of limit. After the devastating impacts of ... Read the full article
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