Florida may have had some of the highest property and auto insurance rates in the country in recent years, bu
t so far this year, the largest auto insurers have filed for rate decreases averaging about 6%, regulators said.
“We are seeing steady signs of auto insurance rates dropping in Florida. Thanks again to effective leg
islative reforms, Florida’s auto insurance market continues to improve,” Ins
urance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky said in a statement Tuesday.
The top 5 auto insurers in Florida, covering 78% of the market, have all filed for rate decreases in 2025. The indicat
ed average rate decrease for the carriers is 6.5%, but the requested rate cut is 5.9%, OIR said in a bulletin.
Source: Florida OIR
The decreases follow a 25% average increase in 2023 for the top 5 carriers and a 2.5% requested increase last year, th
e office indicated. Yaworsky said the Florida market saw a big improvement in the loss ratio for personal auto lia
bility insurers – this year at an average of 53%, which is the lowest in the nation.
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Legislative tort reforms approved in recent years should help further reduce litigation and damage costs going forw
ard, said consultant and former Deputy Florida Insurance Commissio
ner Lisa Miller. That’s because statutes now require juries to be told of the actual medical costs, not speculative estimates on future expenses, she said.
The news on rates comes after several years of reports showing Florida has some of the highest auto insurance rates in the country. Bankrate.com reported early
this year that the average annual cost for full coverage was ab
ove $4,000, well above the national average. Insurify pegged the average cost at about $3,100. T
he firm blamed heavy insurer losses in 2022 and the state’s no-fault auto insurance system for the higher costs, according to a report in USA Today.