HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — After years of paying sky-high insurance premiums, this past hurricane season put your insurance company to the test. However, for many homeowners in the Tampa Bay area, ...

The Citizens premium increases would have been larger if insurance regulators had approved the 13.5% average rate hike ...

Two Florida lawmakers are trying to add scrutiny over homeowners insurance companies when they ask for rate hikes.

Meet Greg, a 45-year-old homeowner living in Tampa, Florida. Greg loves his home—he’s spent years renovating it, building ...

The program allows state homeowners whose homes were destroyed or damaged by Hurricanes Helene and Milton to build back stronger.

Despite the Florida governor’s announcement last week that some Citizens Insurance customers would see rates decreased from ...

As hurricanes ravaged Florida in 2024, home insurance costs have surged, putting a strain on the state’s residents.

Many of you continue to tell WPTV you are waiting on a grant from the My Safe Florida Home program after applying.

More than 400 bills have been filed for the upcoming session, alongside the governor’s budget proposal, and numerous ideas ...

Crestview Republican Sen. Don Gaetz and Pensacola Republican Rep. Alex Andrade have filed bills ( SB 554, HB 451) to reduce property insurance costs across the board.

Florida lawmakers are taking aim at the state's skyrocketing property insurance costs with new legislation designed to bring ...

Citizens officials have long argued that the state insurer needs higher rates because it often charges less than private carriers. The state has worked to shift policies from Citizens into the private ...