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Dec 2023
36m 49s

Inside Florida’s home insurance meltdown

Brazen
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Florida owns a massive property insurance company that’s been gobbling up policies while rates rise and some private insurers leave the state. A deal struck by the state legislature last year aims to fix this insurance market meltdown. To understand what’s happening – and what’s being done to fix it – we talked to former State Senator Jeff Brandes and insura ... Show More
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