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<p>Bot: Creating new article from JSON</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>🏠 &#039;&#039;&#039;Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation&#039;&#039;&#039; is the state-created [[Definition:Residual market | residual market]] insurer of last resort for property owners in Florida who are unable to obtain coverage in the [[Definition:Admitted market | admitted]] private market at comparable rates. Established in 2002 through the merger of two predecessor entities, Citizens exists to ensure that homeowners, condominium associations, and commercial property owners can still secure [[Definition:Wind insurance | wind]] and [[Definition:Property insurance | property insurance]] even when private [[Definition:Insurance carrier | carriers]] have withdrawn capacity or priced it beyond reach. As the largest property insurer in one of the most [[Definition:Catastrophe risk | catastrophe-exposed]] states in the country, Citizens occupies a unique position at the intersection of public policy, insurance regulation, and hurricane risk management.<br /> <br /> 🔄 Citizens operates under a statutory framework that caps its rates below what a fully risk-based [[Definition:Premium | premium]] would require, deliberately keeping coverage affordable but also limiting its ability to build [[Definition:Surplus | surplus]] organically. When private market options exist within a defined price threshold, applicants are &quot;depopulated&quot; — transferred to participating private carriers through [[Definition:Takeout program | takeout programs]] and [[Definition:Assumption agreement | assumption agreements]]. If Citizens&#039; losses from a major [[Definition:Hurricane | hurricane]] exceed its claims-paying resources, it can levy [[Definition:Assessment | assessments]] on virtually all [[Definition:Policyholder | policyholders]] in Florida — not just its own — spreading shortfalls across the broader insurance-buying public. This assessment mechanism effectively makes every Florida [[Definition:Insurance policy | insurance policy]] a backstop for Citizens&#039; solvency.<br /> <br /> ⚡ The corporation&#039;s size and structure have far-reaching implications for Florida&#039;s entire insurance ecosystem. When Citizens&#039; policy count swells — as it did dramatically after private carriers exited or became insolvent following recent hurricane seasons — it signals distress in the private market and concentrates [[Definition:Catastrophe risk | catastrophe exposure]] on the public balance sheet. [[Definition:Reinsurance | Reinsurers]], [[Definition:Rating agency | rating agencies]], and legislators watch Citizens&#039; exposure closely because a single devastating hurricane season could trigger billions in assessments, effectively functioning as a hidden tax on Florida consumers. Reform efforts have focused on encouraging [[Definition:Depopulation | depopulation]], modernizing [[Definition:Rate adequacy | rate adequacy]], and attracting private capital back into the state — making Citizens a bellwether for the broader challenges of insuring property in an era of escalating [[Definition:Climate risk | climate risk]].<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Related concepts:&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}}<br /> * [[Definition:Residual market]]<br /> * [[Definition:Insurer of last resort]]<br /> * [[Definition:Wind insurance]]<br /> * [[Definition:Depopulation]]<br /> * [[Definition:Catastrophe risk]]<br /> * [[Definition:National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)]]<br /> {{Div col end}}</div>

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