The Florida Property & Casualty Association, representing a number of state-based companies, said this in a statement: “Ratings agency Demotech recently issued a press release advising they are making changes in the way they evaluate home insurance companies in Florida. This reflects their view of the state’s property insurance market which is deteriorating because of claim fraud, assignment of benefits abuse, and one way attorney fees. The FPCA shares Demotech’s view and continues to call upon the legislature to do something about it.”

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