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Insurance Services Office

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation

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    Customer Complaints Summary

    • 109 total complaints in the last 3 years.
    • 37 complaints closed in the last 12 months.

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    • Initial Complaint

      Date:02/23/2023

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      On August 26,2022 I had lightning strike my home and due to the amount of rain that week the roof in my kids bathroom fell in. I went on the roof and patched the hole as best I could and contacted my Insurance company. They sent someone out and I let them know that we were sleeping and got woken up by lighting strike in the middle of the night. Several of our electronics were fried and we showed them evidence of that. Our roof was under a year old! When they told us the claim had been denied I was mortified. They claimed that it was denied because there was no evidence of a lightning strike! They said it was due to an animal chewing through the roof! Are you kidding me? It was on the second floor! On top of all that my insurance premium went up $700 a month! I dont see what I'm paying for! They are thieves! They dont even pay out when we have a legitimate claim! I just received a call from them threatening to drop me if I dont get my roof fixed on top of all that!

      Citizens claim number: *************

      Citizens policy number: ********

      Date of loss: ****** *** ****

      Business Response

      Date: 03/09/2023

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      Customer Answer

      Date: 03/19/2023



      [To assist us in bringing this matter to a close, you must give us a reason why you are rejecting the response. If no reason is received your complaint will be closed Administratively Resolved]


       Complaint: ********


      I am rejecting this response because: I have not received any response from the company. I find this insulting. There is a reason they choose to respond like this. They want to avoid the BBB so that they do not further tarnish their already horrible reputation. 


      Regards,


      ******* ********






    • Initial Complaint

      Date:02/17/2023

      Type:Product Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      My insurance agent obtained a policy from Citizens for me that took affect on November 4, 2022. My mortgage company did not issue the policy payment until January 27, 2023. I received notice on February 3rd that Citizens had recinded the policy, effective November 4, 2022 due to initial premium deposit not made. My agent contacted Citizens on February 16th to appeal this decision without success. As a result, Citizens offered me a more expensive policy with much less benefits, which at this point, I felt I had no choice but to accept in order to get my home insured. I feel that the company has treated me unfairly due to circumstances out of my control.

      Business Response

      Date: 03/02/2023

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    • Initial Complaint

      Date:01/30/2023

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      Insurance claim filed 9/29/2022. Last communication with desk adjuster, ******* ********* was on 1/3/2023 via a text message. Line item estimate for damage was obtained by ******* as requested. ******* advised once he had the line item estimate, everything would be resolved. The water damage that our home sustained has still not been resolved and our claim is now closed.
      Early on in the claim we were told the water damage wasn't going to be covered due to there not being a hole for the water to come in through. However, due to the category 4 hurricane, and the wind gusts at nearly 155mph, damage was caused to the exterior door which allowed the rain to come into the home. Water never came in through the door before the hurricane. The door and the frame around it were damaged in the storm, allowing the water to come in. This has been explained to nearly every employee we have spoken to.
      We are still living with mold in our home. Today when I finally got through to the Resolution Department, I was told I would be transferred to the desk adjuster again. This time the representative didn't even bother putting me on hold. She continued to breathe into the phone for 4 minutes, then disconnected the call.

      Business Response

      Date: 02/21/2023

      Please see attached

      Customer Answer

      Date: 02/21/2023



      [To assist us in bringing this matter to a close, you must give us a reason why you are rejecting the response. If no reason is received your complaint will be closed Administratively Resolved]


       Complaint: ********


      I am rejecting this response because: We had wind-driven water damage to our home and Citizen's is refusing to pay. We did not have a flood. We had a category 4 hurricane with winds constantly pounding on our doors. The door that the water came through did not have damage prior to the hurricane. Water did not enter our home through the exterior door prior to the hurricane, but it does now. The hurricane created the issue with the door. Therefor, our insurance should be paying to restore to door to pre-hurricane condition.


      Regards,


      ***** *****






      Business Response

      Date: 03/02/2023

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    • Initial Complaint

      Date:01/18/2023

      Type:Product Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      I file complaint Citizens Property Insurance Corp policy # is ******** They are Changing agreement.
      9-26-22 I had a 4-point inspection through a separate business.
      In 10-2022 I a homeowners ins policy with Citizens through **** *** ********* LLC / Allstate they gave a quote & I went to pay in full and they raised the price $132 above my quote that we agreed on I went ahead and paid it in full as I needed insurance. I paid in full received my policy in the mail. 11-2-22 I received email notice that a person would be coming and doing an outside inspection. They came over a month later. Then I received a bill to pay $281 said that the person i dealt with made an error & they fired her. After 3 weeks of contacting **** *** at Allstate he finally called me back and said that they were going to cancel that bill cause the person made a mistake and they fired her (***** ******).
      12-22-2022 Then everything was fine I received email from **** *** stating that they paid the $281.
      1-12-23 I receive an email from Allstate *** *** stating they are giving me from 1-12-23 until 2-4-23 to remove all trees away from house and 2 sheds or they are cancelling my insurance.
      This is insane why did they take my 4-point inspection. home details, money payment in full and give me policy and now almost 3 months later tell me they are going to cancel my policy if I don't cut trees down and then only give me less than 3 weeks to do so. This will cost over $10,000 to remove trees, they had my inspection they could have told me this then and I would have shopped else where I don't have that kind of money to be able to keep my insurance policy. I want someone to call me please. I have all emails texts and documents. This is a scam to hurt me. I am also filing with the BBB on both of these companies.
      I am also filing a complaint against
      **** *********
      **** *** ********* LLC Allstate Insurance Company ****** ******* ****** ** ***********, ** *****
      Contact: (**** ******** Fax: (**** ********

      Business Response

      Date: 01/26/2023

      Please see attached

      Customer Answer

      Date: 01/31/2023



      [To assist us in bringing this matter to a close, you must give us a reason why you are rejecting the response. If no reason is received your complaint will be closed Administratively Resolved]


       Complaint: ********

      :   I am not rejecting response YET I do not want this case closed until everything has been handled with my concerns, all I have at this point is what Allstate agent tells me and a letter from Citizens and neither one seem to be on the same page There is no way to talk to anyone at Citizens much less the person Richard Anderson that sent me the letter so I can make sure he gets everything he needs.

        So now as of yesterday 1-30-23 Allstate informs me that Citizens has requested a re-inspection, but I have no verification of that I am told that someone should call me this week to notify me they will be coming.

      All I want is my insurance not to be cancelled I have done everything that they have requested I have paid over 15,000 to have all trees cut down and have removed debree and hav3e removed trampoline from property to the dump and have sent signed testified letter that these things have been done.  I am told that Allstate agent has sent to Citizens all of my updated photos and replies to show I have done as requested.

      So, I am told now just to sit and wait for a call but however my CANCELLATION IS DUE 2-4-23 YES, I am a bit unsettled.


      Regards,


      ***** ********






      Business Response

      Date: 02/09/2023

      Please see attached
    • Initial Complaint

      Date:01/10/2023

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      ResolvedMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      I filed a homeowners insurance claim on November 16th. A pipe outside of my prematurely born, twin girls nursery room broke leading to flooding in their room and mold build up in the surrounding area.

      My adjuster, ******* *****, has been providing me with false information regarding my options and I felt bullied into selecting the Citizens led repair program known as their MRP program.

      As soon as I opted out of the program, December 15th, I received zero communication from ******* until yesterday. Yesterday she told me that she will no longer be the adjuster on my case and that someone else would be contacting me.

      In addition to this, ******* had told me that in order for me to get the mold remediation covered by insurance, the company would need to do all of the work first and then Citizens would review the mold claim for coverage. I have paid $10,000 to the mold remediation company for the mold to be removed from my house as this was a health risk for my family. When I spoke with Citizens yesterday they mentioned there was no claim filed for mold remediation on my record. I was also told that I could have had Citizens pay for the remediation first before I paid anything which was the exact opposite of what I was told from my adjuster, *******.

      I have been lied to throughout this process and overall feel bullied. I do not feel like my insurance company has my best interests at heart.

      Customer Answer

      Date: 01/18/2023

      To Whom It May Concern,

       

      I'd like to formally rescind my complaint with Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, as they have since followed up with me and expedited the review process of my claim. It may have taken a BBB complaint, but the management team at Citizens (****) have contacted me and have made things right.

       

      Thank  you for your assistance in this matter.

       

      Best,

      ****** *****

      ***** ********

    • Initial Complaint

      Date:12/06/2022

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      We filed an online claim with Citizens on October 3rd, 2022 for damage to our home from Hurricane Ian. Our “desk adjuster”, ***** ******* reached out to us on October 8th and sent us an email so we could forward him our out-of-pocket expenses on food loss and additional living expenses. We emailed him back that information on October 13th. On October 15th we received a call from Citizens advising he was our “fast track adjuster” he told us to email him photos of our damage and he’ll get us paid for our damage. We told him no, someone needs to come to our home to inspect and you can’t pay us for something when measurements are required. On October 21st, ******* ***** came to our home and showed him all the exterior damage around our home along with the interior damage. ******* got his pictures, and measurements, and said we’ll hear something from Citizens in a couple of weeks. We emailed ***** on November 1st, to get a status and we didn't receive a response, we emailed him again on November 3rd, and finally received a response on November 4th. We received our claims checks on November 9th. We reviewed ********* estimate that he wrote on our home and saw he missed a bunch of damaged areas on our home and other discrepancies that we didn’t agree with the amount. We emailed ***** our concerns and questions about the estimate along with photos and receipts for where we just had stuff done to our home. There were also discrepancies in checks and how they were made out to. We emailed ***** again on November 16th and 20th, December 3rd and 5th, and still NO response. We tried contacting ***** by phone and can not get a callback and he NEVER answers his phone. We’ve tried calling Citizens to get *****’s supervisor's name and were told only a message can be sent to a supervisor. As of today, December 6th, no response from a supervisor. We sent an email w/ the email thread that we’ve been sending ***** to Claims.******************************, and as of today- NO response.

      Business Response

      Date: 12/21/2022

      This is in regard to ******
      ****.
    • Initial Complaint

      Date:11/21/2022

      Type:Product Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      I have filled out paperwork to cancel this policy 3 times effective at renewal 10/5/2022. They requested money from my mortgage company. 2 policies were now paid and my escrow is short thousands. I was told I would be sent a check by a citizens employee. I first requested cancellation last august. This is the third cancellation request in over 3 months. This is fraud.

      Business Response

      Date: 12/05/2022

      This is in regard to ******* *****.
    • Initial Complaint

      Date:11/17/2022

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      We are a condominium that has been desperately trying to get our sinkholes fixed. Citizens has been giving us the run around for a very long time. Many years ago Citizens admitted that we had confirmed sinkholes, but still has not repaired them. Out of eight buildings they have done the underground remediation work on just one building. The attached picture is an example of a crack in the building that they have left us to repair ourselves along with many other sinkhole issues. Citizens did the below ground work for this one building, but they have not done anything to remediate the above ground damage for this building and no work has been done to stabilize the seven other sinkhole buildings.
      Every step of the process see** to be a stall tactic. Recently, we were under the belief that Citizens would actually make the repairs, but everything see** to be a stall game with them. They specifically told us that we needed to pick our remediation company and they could have nothing to do with the selection process. Now, months later after receiving the remediation contracts that they asked us for, they're telling us that we have to use a specific company that they work with instead. This is so frustrating. Everything see** to be a stall game with them. I'm beginning to think that they're just waiting for this issue to simply "sink" away....
      Bottom line, we are a community that has paid our insurance and we desperately need our insurance company to help us, but they are not. We are left living with caution signs throughout the neighborhood, deep holes in the ground, cracked buildings, water intrusion from the cracks in the buildings, uneven floors, gaps in our entry ways...As a whole the community does not feel safe in their homes. We continue to put Band-Aids on the sinkhole issues, but we need Citizens to stop giving us the run around and actually take care of these sinkholes once and for all.

      Business Response

      Date: 12/01/2022

      This is in regard to **. ****
      **** ******
    • Initial Complaint

      Date:10/27/2022

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      Hello,

      I was provided a new quote from a new insurance broker in August. At that time I had provided both my 4-point inspection and wind mitigation report. The policy was bound and I was happy with the cost. Last week Citizens decided to increase my policy by another 865 dollars due to a wind mitigation expiration of 3 vs 4 years. This is very unfair to me and seems borderline fraudulent. My agent had a supervisor at Citizens review this for which they declined the request. This practice in my estimation is to back door me into a roof replacement which has 5+ years per inspection left for its life time. I would request a full refund of these adjusted monies and for citizens to honor my policy amount which was binding the third week of September.

      Kind Regards
      **** *****

      Business Response

      Date: 11/09/2022

      This is in regards to **** *****.

      Business Response

      Date: 11/22/2022

      This is in regards to **** *****.

      Customer Answer

      Date: 11/22/2022


      [To assist us in bringing this matter to a close, you must give us a reason why you are rejecting the response. If no reason is received your complaint will be closed Administratively Resolved]


       Complaint: ********



      I am rejecting this response because:



      Regards,


      **** *****







    • Initial Complaint

      Date:10/11/2022

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      We contacted Citizens property insurance on September 28,2022 to file a claim for damages to our home due to hurricane Ian. We were assigned a Claim #************* they told us we hear from adjuster within 3-5 days,after not hearing from them we called 7- days later asking if they assigned us an adjuster they gave us the adjuster’s name (****** W ******** with his extension number after three days of calling this number with no response on his behalf we called and asked what was going on. They responded and said your adjuster is ***** ******* he was assigned to our case because they considered a critical. When we did not receive a phone call from ***** we called two days later asking what was going on, they said that they would have him contact us within 24 hours. After not hearing from him I called back asking For his cell number which they refuse to give me. At that point they said they were going to assign us to the cat response team, never heard from them. Call back asking what was going on and they said we have to turn you over to the resolution team. Never heard from them so I called back asking what was going on and now they’re telling me that we don’t even have an adjuster assigned to our claim. So after repeated phone calls I am getting no response at all with citizens property insurance to assess our hurricane damage to our home. Every time I call as you can tell I’m getting a different response of where our current case is within the insurance company, At this point with no adjuster assigned to our claim I feel like we are starting over and just getting the runaround with no assistance on their behalf they have not reached us with a phone call or our email. When I asked to talk to a manager or supervisor which I have done three times I am put on hold for 20 minutes and then my call is dropped and they hang up. At this point I don’t know what to do please help.
      Thank You
      ****** *******
      (**** ********
      Email : *******************

      Business Response

      Date: 10/27/2022

      Please see attached

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