Similar reports are coming out of Florida. Generally, it seems the industry is pulling away from higher risk to climate change issues from larger storms or fire risk.
There’s a saying in the insurance industry, there’s no such thing as a bad risk, only insufficient premium. Natural catastrophe risk is definitely increasing, but the insurance industry can handle that. The fundamental issue is that regulators in many states (including CA and FL) won’t let insurers charge enough to compensate for that risk.
That's not the issue in Florida. The issue in Florida is that "although Florida only accounts for 9 percent of the country’s home insurance claims, it is home to 79 percent of the country’s home insurance lawsuits".
The legislature already worked on it. It had its way with it, totally. Despite the "work" that was done rates have skyrocketed. We're so deregulated there's no room for any additional work that doesn't break down the front door and walk out with stuff
What's actually happening in Florida is the insurance companies are Janus entities. One part is an insurance company that's subject to rate regulation and the other part is a consulting firm that gets paid large sums of money from the regulated company and that's where all the profits live.
What do you expect when the market collapses and most suppliers leave? Of course everyone else will raise their prices. Now Florida needs to wait for insurers to come back and competition will happen.