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Flood insurance will be mandatory for most Citizens policyholders by 2027

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A major change is coming for more than half a million Florida homeowners insured through Citizens Property Insurance, and those who don’t comply risk losing their coverage.Flood insurance will soon be mandatory for most Citizens policyholders, regardless of whether their...

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Property insurance now 7% of housing costs nationwide

Property insurance costs have gotten so high in Miami, that more than one-in-every-five homes do not have coverage, a study from Valuepenguin found.Nationwide, in the nation's 50 largest metro areas, homeowners spend an average of 7% of their expenses on property insurance.But in...

Insurtech : Digital Home Insurance Firm Kin Reports $50M Series E At $2B Valuation

Kin, the direct-to-consumer, digital home insurance provider, raised an oversubscribed $50 million Series E financing, at a pre-money valuation of $2 billion. The digital insurance tech firm also closed on a “$200 million debt facility, $145 million of which was used to repay an...

‘A large chunk of … real estate’

As the "home insurance crisis" expands in scope, insurers have warned of liabilities exceeding a trillion dollars in one southern state, according to the Houston Chronicle.What's happening?In December, Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies published a report about the home insurance crisis,...