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Insurance carrier exodus rattles California and Florida housing markets

Housing Wire

In late June, Susan Gregory received an estimate for a new homeowner’s insurance policy on her 120-year-old St. Augustine, Florida property, after her previous insurer, United Property and Casualty, went insolvent earlier in the year. This is one of the easiest parts of Florida to insure and costs have gone up over 40%.”

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A CALL FOR MORE ACCESSORY DWELLINGS AMID HOUSING CRUNCH

Will Springer Realtor

Insurers are increasingly exposed to the climate crisis and are currently under-charging premiums by about 58% to at-risk property owners, the report states. or 4% of the population – live in high-flood-risk areas, but FEMA maps used by the insurance industry are often out of date, including 11% of them last updated in the 1970s and ‘80s.