Media Advisory

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) Public Rate Hearing

Monday, November 9, 2009

Contact Info:

Jack McDermott                             Tom Zutell
850-413-2515                              850-413-2515
Jack.McDermott@floir.com              Tom.Zutell@floir.com

Who:

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens)

What:

A public rate hearing will be held to discuss Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s proposed rate increases for its High Risk Accounts. The following are the statewide average increases filed:

Homeowners: 7.5 percent
Mobile Homeowners: 11.8 percent
Dwelling Fire: 5.9 percent
Commercial Property Residential: 9.6 percent
Commercial Non-Residential: 9.9 percent

The agenda may be viewed here.

When:

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:00 AM

Where:

Senator Jim King Committee Room
401 Senate Office Building
Tallahassee, Florida
Adjacent to The Capitol

For those who wished to attend and make presentations but cannot because of the inclement weather, or for those who want to submit comments or concerns not addressed at the public hearing, please forward them to ratehearings@floir.com until 5 p.m. EST on November 12, 2009. The subject line of the e-mail should read “Citizens HRA.”

Contact Info:

Jack McDermott                             Tom Zutell
850-413-2515                              850-413-2515
Jack.McDermott@floir.com              Tom.Zutell@floir.com

About the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (Office) has primary responsibility for regulation, compliance and enforcement of statutes related to the business of insurance and the monitoring of industry markets. For more information about the Office, please visit www.floir.com or follow us on Twitter @FLOIR_comm.

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