Property Insurance

Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky provides tips to Floridians who face challenges with homeowners insurance.

From a federal investigation to a drop in policies, there have been lots of recent developments for Florida's insurer of last resort.

Florida taxpayer-owned Citizens Insurance is using unlicensed inspectors in a little-known program that is ramping up inspections. Homeowners and industry insiders say the move is alarming.

State Rep. John Snyder said there's more work to be done to tackle the ongoing insurance crisis.

WUSF wants to hear about your experience with Florida's volatile insurance market.

Lawmakers will look into hurricane recovery and resilience during next month’s special legislative session.

Florida leads the nation in strict building codes, and the decades of hard work have paid off in the increasing number of homes and buildings that survive each time a hurricane slashes the state. But a new report suggests that all those hard-won gains have been undermined by the explosion of growth along the coast.

A new study and a string of recent financial and industry reports suggest Florida's already deep property insurance problems could get even worse for Florida and other states like California and Louisiana hammered by natural disasters like wildfires, floods and hurricanes.

Although term limits kept him from returning to Tallahassee, the former state senator still wants to help shape policy.

Floods, wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes cause billions of dollars of property damage each year. Can federal climate scientists help the insurance industry keep up?

Floridians are bracing for additional rate hikes as they are already paying higher monthly payments than homeowners in other states.

Skyrocketing insurance premiums, energy costs and hurricane risks have made routine improvements to Florida homes — like new roofs, impact windows and doors and upgraded AC units — more necessary than ever before.