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Originally Posted by Kelevision
To illustrate how lawsuits have weighed on insurer operating costs, JD Supra, citing the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), reported $51 billion was paid out by Florida insurers over a 10-year period and 71 percent of the $51 billion went to attorneys’ fees and public adjusters. The 2020 and 2021 cumulative net underwriting losses for Florida’s homeowners insurers totaled more than $1 billion each year. Entire link Florida's insurance crisis worsens as Farmers pulls out. What to know |
Wow! If the insurance pays 71% to the attorneys and the underwriters, only 29% is going to homeowners - the people whose homes were damaged or destroyed. I don't know what it is in other states but that seems like they are paying the wrong people. I thought most lawyers get about 1/3 of damages. If Florida could get it where they are paying 60% to homeowners and 20% to lawyers (1/3 of the 60%), that would leave insurance companies with the remaining 20% - which I would assume would make writing insurance profitable.