Florida Top 5 Auto Groups Get -8% Rate Decrease
Summary
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced that Florida's top five auto insurance groups are indicating an average -8% rate change for 2026. These five groups—Progressive, Berkshire Hathaway (GEICO), State Farm, Allstate, and USAA—comprise 78% of Florida's auto insurance market. The announcement attributes the rate decreases to historic legislative tort reforms and notes improved loss ratios, with Florida's 2025 personal auto liability loss ratio at 52.5%, the lowest recorded in 15 years.
What changed
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced projected rate decreases from Florida's top five auto insurance groups for 2026, averaging -8%. Progressive, GEICO, State Farm, Allstate, and USAA collectively represent 78% of Florida's auto market. The announcement highlights improved market conditions including Florida's lowest personal auto liability loss ratio in 15 years (52.5% in 2025) and declining auto physical damage loss ratios.
For insurers, this reflects the outcome of rate approval processes under Florida's reformed regulatory framework. The rate decreases demonstrate successful market stabilization following legislative reforms. For consumers, the announcement indicates continued rate relief, with specific examples including GEICO's rate relief for over 700,000 customers effective April 2026, State Farm's $533 million dividend for Florida policyholders averaging $173 per vehicle, and USAA's 7% rate decrease effective by May 2026.
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Commissioner Mike Yaworsky Announces More Significant Auto Rate Decreases for Florida’s Top 5 Auto Insurance Groups
Mar 5, 2026, 10:00
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Shiloh Elliott Florida’s Top 5 Auto Writer Insurance Groups Are Currently Indicating an Average -8% Rate Change for 2026 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —Florida Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky is announcing more great news for Florida’s top five auto insurance groups with an indicated average rate change of -8%. Florida’s top five auto groups include Progressive, Berkshire Hathaway (GEICO), State Farm, Allstate and USAA—amounting to 78% of Florida’s auto market. This encouraging news shows great confidence and stability in the market and is largely due to historic legislative reforms championed by Governor Ron DeSantis.
Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia said, “ Once again, policyholders are saving money and benefitting from Florida’s historic tort reforms. Florida has laid out the blueprint for successful insurance reform, and we are continuing to see the difference it is making for Florida families and their wallets. As CFO, I will continue to work with Commissioner Yaworsky to ensure that announcements like this continue.”
Commissioner Mike Yaworsky said, “The historic legislative reforms continue to drive auto insurance rates down—with nearly 80% of Florida’s auto policyholders seeing lower rates for 2026. **** Florida’s top five auto writers are already indicating an -8% rate change for 2026, with one group even indicating an -16.5% rate change. This is great news, and we anticipate this trend to continue for the auto market.”
Thanks to successful legislative reforms, Florida’s auto insurance market has seen steady rate reductions over the past two years. For 2025, Florida’s top five auto writer insurance groups requested a total rate change of -7.4%—amounting to 78% of Florida’s auto market. As of February 2026, the top 5 auto groups are showing a 2026 YTD indicated rate change of -8.0%.
OIR constantly brings companies to the table to discuss lower costs for consumers and potential credits for policyholders. Last fall, Progressive reported to OIR nearly $1 billion in credits to policyholders. State Farm recently announced a dividend for Florida policyholders of nearly $533 million, averaging $173 per vehicle. OIR has approved multiple rate reductions from State Farm since 2024, with the most recent decrease request being 10% for drivers. GEICO also recently announced rate reductions for consumers. More than 700,000 GEICO customers will receive rate relief that will take effect in April 2026. OIR has also approved three separate rate decreases for AAA over the past year, resulting in lower auto premiums by 15%. Additionally, USAA lowered rates by 7% that will take effect by May 2026 and Allstate decreased rates by 7% for over 171,000 drivers.
OIR continues to see multiple improvements for the auto insurance market. In 2024 and 2025, Florida ranked #1 as the state with the lowest personal auto liability loss ratio, recorded at 52.5% in 2025, which is the lowest recorded for Florida in the last 15 years. Auto physical damage loss ratios in Florida have also made a remarkable shift, dropping from 112.0% in 2022, 70.3% in 2023, 66.7% in 2024 to 49.5% in 2025. Across all 50 states, Florida’s 2025 auto physical damage loss ratio surged dramatically, moving from 48 th to an impressive ninth place in one year alone.
For highlights on Florida’s insurance market, click here.
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