Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has distributed an agent bulletin on its inspection and outreach program. The bulletin appears below in its entirety:In 2009, Citizens contracted with an inspection management firm to oversee the inspection of a sample of properties insured by Citizens in order to verify that the wind mitigation features on record were accurate. Based on our initial findings from these sample inspections, Citizens has launched a broader Inspection and Outreach Program to ensure that our personal and commercial policyholders are receiving accurate wind mitigation credits.InspectionsRemainder of 2010 Personal Residential: Throughout the rest of 2010, Citizens will continue to perform wind mitigation inspections for newly insured and currently insured personal residential properties. The inspection program’s primary focus is to confirm and document that the wind-loss mitigation features are accurate and to ensure that policyholders are receiving correct wind mitigation credits.Commercial Residential: No new commercial residential inspections will be ordered until 2011. In the coming weeks, however, Citizens’ Underwriting department will be processing policies with inspections that were completed in 2010. Commercial underwriters will work closely with agents prior to making policy changes to value, mitigation features listed on inspection reports as Unknown or Unidentified or No access, or when the change results in a premium increase of more than 10 percent.The following informational items posted on our website provide a detailed overview of the Inspection and Outreach Program:

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