TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – June 5, 2018 – There hasn’t been much good insurance news to report for Florida property owners over the past several years.
Premiums for most South Florida policyholders have increased significantly over the past three years – a result of claims abuses and sharp upticks in costly litigation for major insurance carriers. And those factors are expected to trigger rate hikes for most area property owners again this year.
But here’s a bright spot, such as it is: Your 2018 policy cost won’t increase as much as insurance executives had expected following $140 billion in catastrophe losses last year from events that included hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria, and wildfires in California.
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