
A Florida insurance company, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company (UPCIC), has agreed to pay over $30 million to the state’s hurricane fund after allegations that it submitted numerous fraudulent claims for reimbursement. According to the Attorney General’s office, UPCIC violated the Florida False Claims Act. Attorney General James Uthmeier announced on Tuesday that UPCIC

Last month, The Times/Herald uncovered the previously unseen state report, which revealed that insurance companies channeled billions of dollars to affiliated companies while claiming to lose money between 2017 and 2019, when the state’s insurance crisis began.

An investigation is currently underway in Florida to determine if insurance companies concealed profits while declaring bankruptcy. The issue has recently gained the attention of state lawmakers. The focus is whether homeowners faced steep premium increases due to some Florida insurance companies citing losses caused by hurricanes, while simultaneously engaging in practices that may have

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Six months after its namesake insurance carrier was deemed insolvent, United Insurance Holdings is rebranding itself in the name of its surviving insurer, as American Coastal Insurance Corp. – Article by William Rabb, Insurance Journal The St. Petersburg, Florida-based holding company for now-defunct United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. announced it has changed its name and