State Insurance Headlines

NCCI Recommends Another Workers’ Comp Rate Cut for Florida August 25, 2026

The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 7.4% average rate decrease for workers’ compensation insurance, voluntary market, in Florida. If approved by state regulators, it would...

Nuclear Verdicts Go Boom, Increase 40.7% in 2025

...influenced this growth, Marathon’s research identified corporate mistrust, social pessimism, erosion of tort reform, and public desensitization to large numbers as among the most important,” Marathon said in...

Climate volatility is rewriting the insurance claims operating model

In insurance, the extraordinary nature of major catastrophes quickly becomes part of the operating environment.

New Ways Florida Is Adapting to Growing Threats From Sea Level and Storms

One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the roof of his childhood home, one of tens of thousands damaged and destroyed across southern Florida. For days, first responders couldn’t get to them. For

Florida employers could see a 7.4% average reduction in workers’ comp costs

Florida employers could see another round of decreases in the costs of their workers’ compensation insurance.

Rates, Digital Support Boost Small Business Insurance Customer Satisfaction: JD Power August 21, 2026

Small businesses’ overall satisfaction with small commercial insurers rose 15 points (to 713 on a 1,000-point scale), driven by improvements in digital support and rates, according to JD Power’s 2026 U.S....

One Insurance Agent Wins, Two Others Miss Out in Florida House Races August 20, 2026

One Florida insurance agent won the Republican nomination for his seat in the state House of Representatives but two other agents did not make the cut in Tuesday’s primary voting. Incumbent state Rep....

CIAB Survey: Overall Soft Market Conditions Continue in Q2

Average commercial insurance premiums decreased across all account sizes for the first time since 2017 during the first quarter. The trend continued for the second quarter. During Q2 2026, The Council...

Commercial Insurance Rate Increases Cool Across Most Lines In Second Quarter

Premium renewal rate increases eased across nearly all major commercial insurance lines in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the first quarter, according to the Ivans Index, which tracks average premium renewal rate change across the industry’s major commercial lines.

Kevin Guthrie out as Emergency Management head; Jared Perdue to take over

Gov. Ron DeSantis says Kevin Guthrie has resigned his position leading Florida’s Division of Emergency Management (DEM) in light of the announcement that he is the running mate of Lt. Gov. Jay Collins in the Governor’s race.

NAIC data shows US homeowners insurance market under growing pressure

A recent analysis from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) offers a 7-year view of the U.S. homeowners insurance market, revealing a sector that remains broadly competitive but faces mounting pressure from higher premiums, claims costs and insurer-initiated non-renewals.