Citizens Insurance buying back $300 million in catastrophic coverage
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. can buy back some $300 million in reinsurance against a catastrophic storm because the risk of that happening is now projected to have fallen. The company’s board of governors voted unanimously to approve the move during a conference call Wednesday. Citizens, Florida’s property insurer of last resort, bought the coverage from Everglades Re II Ltd. in 2015. The company will repurchase catastrophic coverage at prices keyed to the new estimates of the threat, spokesman Michael Peltier said. “It allows us…