Weak insurers put Floridians at risk
Millions of Floridians now bet their homes on property insurers that teeter on the edge of financial failure, a Herald-Tribune investigation has found.
These companies look nothing like the Allstates and State Farms that insure the rest of America — legacy carriers that command bankrolls the size of small nations.
Instead, because State Farm and Allstate are fleeing Florida, a growing number of homeowners get their insurance from tiny, untested companies that have a few million dollars in the bank but insure billions worth of property they could never hope to rebuild on their own.
No one knows what will happen when the next big storm strikes Florida shores. But the signs are not promising.