FIC: Citizens Property Proposes Rate Increases, Water Sub-Limit, & Other Policy Changes for Water Claims

By:  Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel During its June 20th Board meeting, the Citizens Property Insurance Board of Governors adopted rate and policy changes to be submitted to the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) for 2018.   Despite lower reinsurance costs and lower rates for wind coverage and primarily because of rising water claim costs,…