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.

16 tracked events13 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.
Incline National Insurance CompanyWriting2025-06-27Post-reform Florida entrant, approved June 2025. Texas headquartered, writing statewide.
Florida Insurance and Reinsurance CompanyWriting2025-06-27Post-reform Florida entrant, approved June 2025. Primarily condominium and condominium association coverage.
Viceroy Preferred Insurance CompanyWriting2025-08-21Post-reform Florida entrant, the 15th, approved August 2025. High value homes, initial focus on the east coast.
Stand Insurance ExchangeWriting2025-09-18Post-reform Florida entrant, the 16th, approved September 2025. Tallahassee based, mitigation-first.
Praxis Reciprocal ExchangeWriting2025-09-18Post-reform Florida entrant, the 17th, approved September 2025.

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

278,196 policies in force

Down 50 policies from June 30. That is the smallest month-over-month change, in either direction, in any month since the September 2023 peak: the next smallest is 508 in March 2024, and the two preceding months moved by 15,526 and 1,122. Checked against all 75 monthly rows Citizens publishes, back to May 2020.

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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 press release, May 20, 2026 · 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

2025-09-18Market entry

Stand Insurance Exchange approved as the 16th post-reform Florida entrant

OIR approved Stand Insurance Exchange, based in Tallahassee, to write Florida fire, homeowners multi-peril, allied lines, inland marine, and other liability. Announced September 18, 2025 alongside Praxis Reciprocal Exchange as the 16th and 17th post-reform entrants. OIR said all new companies since the reforms bring more than $574 million in policyholder surplus.

Source: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation press release, September 18, 2025 · verified 2026-07-20

2025-09-18Market entry

Praxis Reciprocal Exchange approved as the 17th post-reform Florida entrant

OIR approved Praxis Reciprocal Exchange for the Florida property and casualty market, announced September 18, 2025 alongside Stand Insurance Exchange as the 16th and 17th insurers to enter since the state legislative reforms.

Source: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation press release, September 18, 2025 · verified 2026-07-20

2025-08-21Market entry

Viceroy Preferred approved as the 15th post-reform Florida entrant

OIR approved Viceroy Preferred Insurance Company, domiciled in Florida, to write homeowners multi-peril and dwelling fire, making it the 15th insurer to enter the market since the state legislative reforms. The company said it would focus on high value homes with an initial geographic emphasis on the east coast of Florida.

Source: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation press release, August 21, 2025 · verified 2026-07-20

2025-06-27Market entry

Incline National approved to write Florida residential policies

OIR approved Incline National Insurance Company to write Florida allied lines, homeowners multi-peril, inland marine, workers compensation, and private passenger auto. The company is headquartered in Texas and said it intended to offer policies statewide. It was one of two residential approvals announced June 27, 2025, bringing the post-reform total to 14 new companies.

Source: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation press release, June 27, 2025 · verified 2026-07-20

2025-06-27Market entry

Florida Insurance and Reinsurance Company approved, focused on condominiums

OIR approved Florida Insurance and Reinsurance Company, domiciled in Florida, which said it would primarily write condominium and condominium association coverage plus property coverage for smaller multi-tenant office buildings. Announced June 27, 2025 alongside Incline National. The same release reported Florida domestic property companies posted $944 million in net income at year-end 2024, up from $292 million at year-end 2023 and reversing a $741 million net loss in 2022.

Source: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation press release, June 27, 2025 · verified 2026-07-20

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