Officials with Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. took issue Thursday with a number of national and Florida news reports that have suggested that the insurer has the “worst rate” on paying claims after recent hurricanes.
“That’s just not accurate,” Citizens Board of Governors’ Chairman Scott Thomas said at a Citizens Claims Committee meeting Thursday afternoon.
Jason Butts
Board member Jason Butts called the news reports “clickbait” that were misleading to policyholders and the public.
The issue seems to have started with an Oct. 18 online article by the NOTUS news service, which cited Florida Office