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Insurance news scandal and media fire response from Citizens

November 29, 2012November 29, 2012 Julie Campbell

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The Florida homeowners insurer of last resort says that the dramatic reports are misleading. The homeowners insurer of last resort in Florida is now responding to the latest insurance news that includes heavy media fire regarding the scandal that surrounds the closure of the company’s watchdog department. Citizens says that much of the media coverage is highly misleading and is quite inaccurate. The CEO of the state backed insurer gave his own insurance news statement. Barry Gilway did agree that there have been a small group of supervisors within the…

Homeowners insurance of last resort shuts down internal watchdog

October 24, 2012October 24, 2012 Julie Campbell

Citizens in Florida is now under fire against significant opposition to the move. Citizens Property has already been facing fierce opposition from critics over the recent changes that it has been making to its homeowners insurance coverage in order to decrease its number of policyholders, and this disapproval was heightened this week when it announced that it has axed its own internal watchdog group. This occurred at the same time that the insurer is already under investigation for high corporate spending. On Monday, Dan Krassner, the executive director of Integrity…

Homeowners insurance customers face risks in switching from Citizens

October 8, 2012October 7, 2012 Julie Campbell

Consumers in South Florida are offered policies from private insurers, without the rates. Thousands of residents of South Florida that have their homeowners insurance coverage through Citizens have received a letter stating that unless they opt out, their policies would be taken over in November by a private insurer. Though these customers do see potential in the switch, the situation is making it difficult to make an informed decision. Those with Citizens Insurance – the state backed insurer of last resort in Florida – have heard that the company intends…

Homeowners insurance at Citizens being moved in record numbers

September 28, 2012April 30, 2013

Approximately 60,000 more policies are being shifted to private insurers with owner consent. Citizens Property Insurance Corp in Florida has taken its next step in its aggressive effort to dump policies, having now announced that many of its homeowners insurance customers will need to decide whether or not they will remain with the state backed company. Following all of its efforts it may shed up to 300,000 policies. This drop would represent about one fifth of its total of almost 1.47 million policies. The goal is to have sloughed them…

Citizens Insurance rejects consumer benefits

September 4, 2012September 3, 2012 Nordstrom

Report reveals Citizens Insurance rejections Florida’s Citizens Insurance has rejected more than 90,000 reports from commissioned inspectors that identified consumers to be eligible for property insurance discounts, according to an inspection from The Palm Beach Post. The Post inspected 225,000 records concerning the matter and found that Citizens Insurance had been rejecting these cases based on an attempt to cut costs and boost revenue. The state-run insurance group has been struggling with financial trouble for several years and is being pressured by government officials to solve these problems. Inspections part…

Homeowners insurance company taking a look at its own expenses

August 23, 2012April 30, 2013

Citizens in Florida is examining its salary, travel, and management costs. Citizens currently faces $1.9 billion in expenses every year at the three corporate locations across the state, in order to provide homeowners insurance to policyholders throughout Florida. The leaders of that state backed insurer are now looking into those costs. This investigation includes both the pay and the benefits that are being received by its employees, as well as the costs associated with travel, and the expenses relating to its overall structure of management. Simultaneously, these company heads are…

Citizens Insurance will make significant changes to its reinspections

August 21, 2012August 21, 2012 Julie Campbell

Following consumer outcry and heavy media attention, the insurer will be altering the program. Citizens Insurance has now announced that it will be overhauling its highly controversial reinspection program, following significant consumer upset as well as massive negative media coverage. So far, the program has led to a tremendous $137 million in premiums increases. The new plans for the program will give homeowners who have lost their discounts on their Citizens Insurance policies, the opportunity to have a second inspection, free of charge, at which time they can either have…