Home Insurance Watch

Homeowners insurance availability in Florida

Florida had the highest non-renewal rate in the country in recent federal data, but the market is now partially recovering: regulators report 20 new property and casualty insurers entering since the 2022-2023 legislative reforms, and Citizens has shed roughly 80% of its 2023 peak policy count.

11 tracked events8 carrier changes on recordinsurer-of-last-resort datalast verified 2026-07-02

Carrier availability

We track verified changes to who is writing new homeowners business. A carrier listed as steady has no disruption on record and is generally still writing on its normal terms. Every change links a dated primary source.

CarrierStatusAs ofNotes
Farmers InsuranceExited2023-07-12
ProgressiveNon-renewing blocks2023-10-03Home written largely through partners.
Auto Club (AAA) FloridaNon-renewing blocks2023-07-17
HeritageWriting2024-08-08
Orion180Writing2023-08-22Post-reform Florida entrant.
Mangrove Property InsuranceWriting2025-01-27Post-reform Florida entrant.
Southern FidelityExited2022-06-15Liquidated 2022.
United Property & CasualtyExited2023-02-27Liquidated 2023.

Steady, no change tracked

State Farm · Allstate · USAA · Liberty Mutual · Travelers · American Family · Nationwide · Chubb · Erie Insurance · Auto-Owners · Mercury Insurance · CSAA (AAA) · Kin Insurance

Insurer of last resort

278,246 policies in force

As of 2026-06-30 · source · full series on the FAIR Plan tracker · compared coast to coast on California vs Florida

Tracked activity in Florida

2026-05-20Market entry

FLOIR announces new property insurers, 20 entrants since reforms

Commissioner Yaworsky announced new property and casualty insurers approved for the Florida market, bringing the total to 20 companies entering since the state’s legislative reforms.

Source: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation newsroom · verified 2026-07-02

2026-01-13Rate action

Florida announces Citizens rate reductions and 73 pending rate-decrease filings

FLOIR announced Citizens policyholders receive an average 8.7% rate reduction beginning spring 2026, reported Citizens’ policy count down 50% year over year to 395,144, and cited 73 pending rate-decrease filings statewide with 17 new insurers entering since the reforms.

Source: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation · verified 2026-07-02

2025-12-01Residual market

Citizens depopulation moves over 546,000 policies to private carriers in 2025

Citizens’ policy count fell from the 2023 peak of about 1.4 million to under 400,000 by late December 2025, with more than 546,000 policies transferred to private takeout carriers during 2025 via approved depopulation rounds.

Source: Citizens Property Insurance Corporation · verified 2026-07-02

2025-01-27Market entry

Mangrove approved as tenth new Florida property insurer since reforms

FLOIR granted Mangrove Property Insurance Company a certificate of authority, the tenth new property insurer to enter Florida since the 2022-2023 reforms. Mangrove was later approved to assume roughly 81,000 Citizens policies.

Source: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation · verified 2026-07-02

2024-08-08Market entry

Heritage resumes writing new Florida personal lines policies

Heritage Insurance Holdings resumed writing new personal lines business in Florida after its December 2022 pullback, citing improved results, stabilized reinsurance markets, and the state’s legislative reforms.

Source: Insurance Journal · verified 2026-07-02

2023-10-03Non-renewals

Progressive non-renews about 100,000 Florida property policies

Progressive announced a rebalancing that non-renews roughly 100,000 Florida policies, about 47,000 dwelling-fire and 53,000 high-risk homeowners policies, with notices beginning late December 2023 and replacement coverage offered through Loggerhead Insurance.

Source: Insurance Journal · verified 2026-07-02

2023-08-22Market entry

Orion180 approved to write property insurance in Florida

FLOIR approved Orion180 Select Insurance Company and Orion180 Insurance Company as the third and fourth new property and casualty insurers approved in Florida in 2023 following legislative reforms, after Tailrow and Mainsail.

Source: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation · verified 2026-07-02

2023-07-17Non-renewals

AAA non-renews a share of higher-exposure Florida homeowners policies

Auto Club Insurance Company of Florida said it would not renew a small percentage of higher-exposure homeowners package policies, citing reinsurance costs, while stating it was not exiting the state. AAA held roughly 79,000 residential policies in Florida as of 2022.

Source: Insurance Journal · verified 2026-07-02

2023-07-12Market exit

Farmers Insurance exits the Florida homeowners market

Farmers stopped writing new home, auto, and umbrella policies in Florida and announced non-renewal of existing Farmers-branded policies, affecting up to 100,000 policyholders. Slide Insurance later took renewal rights for 86,000 of the homeowners policies.

Source: Tampa Bay Times · verified 2026-07-02

2023-02-27Market exit

United Property and Casualty ordered into liquidation

United P&C, deemed insolvent after Hurricane Ian losses of about $864 million, was ordered into liquidation by the Second Judicial Circuit Court in Leon County; policies were cancelled March 29, 2023 and the state guaranty association activated.

Source: Florida Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation · verified 2026-07-02

2022-06-15Market exit

Southern Fidelity Insurance ordered into liquidation

The Second Judicial Circuit Court in Leon County ordered Southern Fidelity Insurance Company into receivership for liquidation; policies for roughly 98,000 policyholders across FL, MS, LA, and SC were cancelled effective July 15, 2022.

Source: Florida Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation · verified 2026-07-02

Non-renewed or can’t find coverage?

You have more options than the cancellation letter suggests: deadlines to act, the state’s last-resort program, and carriers that specialize in hard-to-place homes.

The Florida non-renewal playbook