Data-driven insurer continues to disrupt troubled industry

In February, Tampa-based Slide Insurance grew by nearly $300 million in annual premiums, absorbing more than 91,000 policies from St. Petersburg-based UPC Insurance, a property insurance firm that got hit hard by Hurricane Ian-related damage claims. 

Slide also announced  it will accept new business, making it the first Florida-based insurer to do so in 2023, as the industry struggles to rebound from last year’s hurricane-related losses and the state Legislature grapples with sky-high attorney fees and frivolous lawsuits.