- CEO
- Ernesto Jose Garateix
- Full Time Employees
- 542
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Property & Casualty
- Address
- 1401 North Westshore Boulevard Tampa FL United States of America 33607
- IPO Date
- May 23, 2014
- Business
- Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRTG) is a super-regional property and casualty insurance holding company that provides personal and commercial residential insurance products through its subsidiaries, Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Narragansett Bay Insurance Company, and Zephyr Insurance Company. The company offers homeowners insurance, condominium insurance, dwelling fire coverage, renters insurance, equipment coverage, commercial residential property insurance, artisan contractor programs, and residential wind-only policies; it distributes these products via a network of independent agencies and manages underwriting, customer service, actuarial analysis, claims processing, and distribution internally. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Heritage operates primarily in 16 states including Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia for personal residential insurance, with commercial residential coverage concentrated in Florida, New Jersey, and New York.
Recent strategic developments include the full placement of its 2025-2026 catastrophe excess-of-loss reinsurance program in May 2025, increasing coverage limits by approximately $285 million at a minimal additional cost of less than $8 million while securing support from long-term and new reinsurance partners as well as catastrophe bonds via affiliate Citrus Re; expansion of credit facilities to $200 million from $150 million in July 2025 to enhance capital flexibility; and a partnership between subsidiary Zephyr Insurance Company and the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund in July 2025. In late 2022, the company initiated a major pivot by largely halting new personal lines policies in Florida and the Northeast to prioritize underwriting profitability and rate adequacy amid reinsurance market pressures, followed by controlled reopening of capacity—adding about 17% in Q4 2024, 8% in Q1 2025, and planning to complete the remainder by year-end 2025—which contributed to full-year 2024 net income of $61.5 million, a 35.8% increase from 2023, and gross premiums written nearing $1.43 billion. These changes reflect a focus on disciplined underwriting, technology investments for claims and risk management, geographic diversification beyond catastrophe-prone Florida, and improved financial metrics such as a 7.7-point expense ratio reduction in 2024.