Florida Home Insurance

"TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into a law sweeping property insurance legislation that creates a $2 billion reinsurance fund and rewrites rules on coverage denials and attorney fees, in a move to stabilize rising costs and insurer losses."
DeSantis, a Republican, announced the bill signings in a statement that called the package “the most significant reforms to Florida’s homeowners insurance market in a generation.”

The new laws would create the $2 billion Reinsurance to Assist Policyholders program for insurers to purchase insurance to help insulate themselves from risk. Insurers would have to reduce policyholders' rates to access the state reinsurance fund. It also offers grants of up to $10,000 to outfit homes so they are less vulnerable to hurricane damage, if the homes meet certain criteria.

The legislation forbids insurers from automatically denying coverage because of a roof’s age if the roof is less than 15 years old. Homeowners with roofs 15 years or older would be allowed to get an inspection before insurers deny them coverage."

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As a Florida homeowner and landlord I have watched as our insurance rate has risen from hundreds to thousands of dollars a year. In recent years insurance companies started denying coverage to properties with roofs over ten years old, regardless of the roof's condition. This legislation is a welcome relief.

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