Fla. Slates Hearings on Cypress P/C’s Rate Requests

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will be conducting rate hearings April 25 in Palm Beach Gardens for input from the public concerning rate filings by Cypress Property and Casualty Insurance Company, which is requesting a statewide average increase of 23.9 percent. The requested rates are not uniform and some areas are subject to higher or lower rate changes.

The hearings will be at noon and 6 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel in the Gardens, 4431 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens.

Interested parties may speak at the hearings or may forward comments to Kristopher Duer at kristopher.duer@fldfs.com, or call the Department of Financial Services Consumer Helpline at 1-800-342-2762 for information.