Florida’s Insurance Market Finds Its Footing as Reforms Take Hold

At the 2025 Florida Chamber Insurance Summit, Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky delivered a message many Florida homeowners and professionals have been waiting years to hear: the state’s insurance market has finally stabilized.

Speaking before industry leaders, legislators, and risk experts, Yaworsky emphasized the impact of sweeping tort and insurance reforms enacted in 2022 and 2023. These reforms, aimed at curbing excessive litigation and attracting new private carriers, appear to have successfully reversed the market’s downward spiral.

A Decade of Challenges, Turning Points, and Course Corrections

Yaworsky walked the audience through a sobering timeline. Reports from 2016 onward signaled deep structural issues in Florida’s insurance environment—abuse of assignment-of-benefits agreements, inflated claims, and unchecked litigation patterns. By 2021, the market was described as “on the brink of collapse,” with insurers fleeing and reinsurers unwilling to write new business.

But as Yaworsky reminded the crowd, the Legislature’s actions in 2022 and 2023 changed the trajectory. Florida targeted one-way attorney fees, claim inflation tactics, and other long-standing pain points, effectively stopping the bleeding. Since then, new P&C carriers and reinsurers have entered the market, and property claim litigation has dropped back to pre‑2019 levels.

“We Can Show Unequivocally That This Marketplace Has Stabilized”

By the end of 2025, the results are evident. Yaworsky celebrated the progress, noting that consumers now have more options than they’ve seen in decades, and carriers are better capitalized and better positioned for Florida’s uniquely high‑risk environment.

He warned, however, against undoing the reforms: “Any turn back on the reforms would be the equivalent of adding a multi‑billion‑dollar tax on the back of Floridians.”

What This Means for Florida’s Insurance and Real Estate Professionals

For professionals in insurance, real estate, and financial services, a stable insurance market translates into greater consumer confidence, more housing mobility, and a stronger foundation for long‑term economic growth. As the state prepares for future storm seasons and continued population expansion, an educated and adaptable workforce is more important than ever.

Schools like Cameron Academy continue to support both new and seasoned professionals across Florida and the nation, offering licensing and continuing education that keeps the industry prepared for regulatory and market shifts like the ones highlighted at the Summit.

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