For the Northeast family with a place in Florida (a winter home, or increasingly the new primary one), Florida is the harder half of the insurance picture. The state's own insurer of last resort is closed to a high-value coastal home by statute, flood runs past the federal cap, and named-storm wind carries its own deductible. Armor Group is licensed in Florida and places the Florida home as one relationship with the New York or New Jersey one, with carrier access built for high-value coastal property.
More and more of the households we insure up north now keep a home in Florida: Palm Beach and the Atlantic barrier islands, or Naples and the Gulf coast. Each home tends to get quoted in isolation, by a different carrier that sees only its half, and the personal umbrella that is supposed to sit over the whole household ends up sized to one address and short for the other.
Armor Group writes Florida as one relationship. The dedicated agent who places the New York or New Jersey house also places the Palm Beach or Naples house, sees how the properties and the vehicles and the watercraft actually connect, and stacks a single umbrella over the whole picture. In a market where the state backstop is closed to these homes and the right answer is the specialty and high-net-worth insurers, and the excess-and-surplus market, that continuity is the coverage.
These are the markets where we concentrate: the Atlantic enclaves of Palm Beach County and the Gulf-coast second-home market around Naples. Each leads with a different file, but both run into the same structural fact: a true high-value home is locked out of Florida's state backstop and belongs with the high-value carriers.
Palm Beach · Manalapan · Gulf Stream · Highland Beach
The Atlantic barrier-island enclaves: the country's leading landing zone for Northeast households, whether a winter home or a new primary residence. A true oceanfront home is above the Citizens line by statute, so it belongs with the specialty and high-net-worth insurers, and the excess-and-surplus market, with private flood and named-storm wind.
Explore Palm Beach CountyOld Naples · Port Royal · Park Shore · Pelican Bay · Marco Island
The premier Gulf-coast seasonal market, and the coast Hurricane Ian reset in 2022. Storm surge is the defining peril, flood goes private and excess past the federal cap, and the grand homes sit empty much of the year, so occupancy terms matter as much as the wind deductible.
Explore Naples & Southwest FloridaEach market now has a dedicated page with verified U.S. Census detail for its towns and enclaves: Palm Beach County, and Naples & Southwest Florida.
Florida is unusual: the state's own insurer of last resort will not write a high-value home by design, so the real options are specialty and high-net-worth insurers, and the excess-and-surplus market at the deep end of the stable, assembled with private flood and a named-storm wind read. A national aggregator quotes each address cold and moves on. Your dedicated agent places the entire household (the Florida home and the Northeast one), owns the seams between the policies, and is the same person on the phone next year. For a family with property in two places, that continuity is the coverage.
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If your household keeps a home in Palm Beach County, around Naples, or along the Florida coast, tell us what you are protecting. You'll work with a dedicated agent on the cross-state file, and the principal reviews every file.
