Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will reduce rates by an average of 5.6% statewide in 2025, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis. The governor said the state had the lowest average increase in homeowners insurance rates nationwide over the past year.

TALLAHASSEE — Florida regulators have approved new rates for the state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp., with premiums for the most-common type of homeowners policy increasing by a statewide average of 6.6 percent.

TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday said that many South Florida customers of the state's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will receive rate decreases this year. During an appearance in Miami, DeSantis said 73 percent of Citizens customers with homeowners policies in Miami-Dade County will receive premium reductions.

State insurance regulators approved an average 8% rate hike for Citizens residential customers, down from the 14% hike requested by the company. The rate changes were announced in a final order

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