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HCI’s TypTap to expand nationwide
12th August 2020
Florida InsurTech insurer and subsidiary of HCI Group, TypTap Insurance Company, has announced plans to expand nationwide. The company, which provides homeowners and flood insurance, has asked Florida insurance regulators for approval of its expansion plans. With that approval, TypTap can then seek approvals from regulators in other states and expand its ... Read the full article
HCI Group secures $8.9mn income for Q2
7th August 2020
Florida-based insurtech HCI Group has announced a net income for the second quarter of $8.9 million, up from the $7.6 million achieved in the prior year quarter. Adjusted net income for the quarter was $6.8 million compared with $6.6 million in the second quarter of 2019. Consolidated gross written premiums of $171.9 million ... Read the full article
HCI Group eyes rate increases to counter rising reinsurance costs
4th August 2020
The insurance subsidiaries of HCI Group plan rate increases to offset, in part, increased reinsurance costs. HCI’s largest subsidiary, Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., has asked state insurance regulators and received approval for a 6.9% rate increase for its homeowners’ and condominium insurance products. The rate increase will take ... Read the full article
HCI secures larger reinsurance limit at renewals despite increasing rates
10th June 2020
HCI Group, Inc., a Florida-headquartered property and casualty insurer, grew the size of its catastrophe reinsurance cover by approximately 31% at the mid-year 2020 renewals, securing a total limit of $1.93 billion on a first and second event basis. HCI's two insurance subsidiaries, Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc. ... Read the full article
Investment challenges push down HCI’s Q1 net income to $0.5 million
11th May 2020
HCI Group has reported that its first-quarter 2020 net income declined to $0.5 million as the company experienced $4.8 million of net unrealised losses on equity securities, $2.2 million of net realised losses on investment sales, and $3 million of reductions in the estimated value of limited partnership investments. The company ... Read the full article
HCI Group posts $6.4mn Q4 net income
6th March 2020
Florida-based insurtech HCI Group has posted a $6.4 million net income for the fourth quarter, up from an $8.5 million net loss in the prior year quarter. Net income for the full year totaled $26.6 million, compared with $17.7 million in 2018. HCI says this increase for the full year was primarily ... Read the full article
HCI’s Homeowners Choice agrees policy replacement deal with Anchor
17th February 2020
Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Inc., a subsidiary of HCI Group, Inc., has entered into a definitive policy replacement agreement with Anchor Property & Casualty Insurance Company. It was announced in mid-January that Homeowners Choice was to acquire the insurance policies of Florida-based Anchor for an undisclosed purchase ... Read the full article
Weston Insurance to acquire Anchor P&C subsidiary
15th January 2020
Specialty insurer, Weston Insurance Holdings Corporation, is set to acquire Anchor Specialty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Anchor Property & Casualty Insurance Company. In light of the impending acquisition, financial analysis firm Demotech has announced that the Financial Stability Rating (FSR) of A, Exceptional, assigned to Anchor Specialty is being sustained. Demotech's ... Read the full article
HCI Group subsidiary to acquire policies of P&C insurer Anchor
14th January 2020
Florida-headquartered HCI Group has announced that its subsidiary, Homeowners Choice Property & Casualty Insurance Company, will acquire the insurance policies of Anchor Property & Casualty Insurance Company. A purchase price was not disclosed and, according to reports filed with regulators last year, Anchor had 43,209 policies in force representing approximately $69 ... Read the full article
HCI’s TypTap Insurance sees premiums exceed $50 million
26th November 2019
Premiums in force at technology-driven insurer TypTap Insurance Company, which is a subsidiary of HCI Group, Inc., have now exceeded the $50 million mark. According to an announcement, TypTap Insurance Company's operations are made possible by insurance-related information technology that is developed by HCI's software subsidiary, Exzeo USA, Inc. Speaking during ... Read the full article
HCI Group’s net income falls to $5.9 million in Q3
6th November 2019
InsurTech HCI Group has announced a decline in net income for the third-quarter of 2019 to $5.9 million, while a decline in underwriting profitability resulted in a combined ratio of 96%, compared with 92% for the same period last year. HCI Group's net income declined in Q3 2019 when compared with ... Read the full article
HCI Group’s 2019 profit dented by losses, reserve strengthening
7th August 2019
Florida-headquartered re/insurance focused holding company, HCI Group, Inc., saw its net income increase by $1.2 million in the second-quarter of 2019 to $7.6 million, while the firm's combined ratio deteriorated from 89.3% in Q2 2018 to 92.9% in Q2 2019. Despite the increase in Q2 net income year-on-year, HCI Group's H1 ... Read the full article
HCI Group secures $1.5bn cat reinsurance limit at June renewals
6th June 2019
Florida-headquartered re/insurance focused holding company HCI Group has completed its catastrophe reinsurance program for 2019-20, securing a total limit of $1.477 billion. The program provides coverage up to approximately $901 million for a first event loss, excluding flood, and subsequent coverage of up to $608 million for a second event loss. Third party ... Read the full article
Significant Brevard County hailstorms to cost HCI Group up to $7m
9th April 2019
A recent hailstorm that impacted several areas of the Brevard County, Florida, is expected to drive a loss of between $4 million and $7 million for HCI Group, Inc. According to the National Weather Service, recent thunderstorms that brought hail to parts of Canaveral Groves, Cocoa, Rockledge, Merritt Island and Satellite Beach, ... Read the full article
HCI Group estimates up to $18m hurricane Michael losses
23rd October 2018
Florida-headquartered re/insurance focused holding company HCI Group has issued an initial loss estimate from hurricane Michael of between $6 million and $18 million. Michael struck the Florida panhandle on 10 October, coming ashore as a major Category 4 storm with wind speeds of up to 155mph. This made the hurricane one of ... Read the full article
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