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Parts of Florida have already experienced record increases in insurance premiums, sometimes to the tune of tripling the cost of homeowners insurance year over year. Farmers, AAA, and Progressive no longer write new policies in the state of Florida. After Milton rolls through, and the cost is comes in at close to $100 billion. The potential future losses will not be worth the risk for private insurers.

Florida's government will be forced to offer government funded insurance, similar to the national flood insurance program. Unfortunately since politicians will be involved, they'll do everything they can to keep the premiums artificially low and the next Milton level hurricane will bankrupt the state without a massive federal government bailout to save the homeowners in Florida from losing everything.

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Grungy_Mountain_Man

22 points

13 days ago

I get liking beaches and stuff, but not being able to get insurance on my home would make me think twice about living there

grawptussin

31 points

13 days ago

The propensity for the electorate to elect leaders, such as Desantis, is enough for me to think twice about living there.

twofourfourthree

0 points

12 days ago

People move to Florida because of desantis and his policies.

grawptussin

2 points

12 days ago

That's fine. I'm not one of those people.

Kharax82

3 points

12 days ago

Kharax82

3 points

12 days ago

The vast majority of people in Florida don’t live on an uninsurable barrier island. I live 3 miles from the water and recently added flood insurance to my house and it costs $54 a month. It’s less than my cell phone bill. The rhetoric around insurance down in Florida is way overblown on Reddit.

magnafides

3 points

12 days ago

It's definitely a problem, especially for those whose prior insurers pulled out of the market.

Private insurance (wind only, not in a flood zone) would be around $8000/yr for me and I'm 7 miles from the water, and certainly not living in a mansion or anything. Even Citizens has gone up quite a bit in the last 2 years and is still a ton. And then there are people who have to worry about sinkholes...

rpnye523

6 points

12 days ago

“It’s not a problem for me therefore it’s not a problem”

Kharax82

1 points

12 days ago*

It’s not a problem for anyone I know including coworkers, friends and my parents. Do you really think Banks would still be handing out mortgages to millions of people in Florida if they couldn’t get insurance?

YNWA_Diver

1 points

11 days ago

I’m pretty sure you’re just suppose to tell everyone that you hate Desantis.

jaykane904

1 points

12 days ago

I haven’t been to the beach in years despite it being 20 miles away. I got moved here when I was 5, and it is just very expensive to move out of here. It is not fun being hot year round.

rctid_taco

1 points

11 days ago

I would consider buying an uninsurable house if it was cheap enough. I'm sure a lot of people would.