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Wasn't too bad here in Tampa. Just a steady light rain for 24 hours and a few wind gusts of maybe 60mph. We never even lost power. 100 miles south of us weren't as lucky.
With insurance companies fleeing the state before this hurricane due to ...........in Tallahassee, the pain of that ripple effect will be significant.
When I lived in Florida I went with an insurance company that had very little inroads into the state. When all my neighbors were having a hard time getting State Farm, Allstate, etc. to pay their claims, my out of state adjuster showed up and wrote me a check that day. I learned to never go with the company that has a large presence in the area. They will do all they can to minimize their payouts. Not sure what one city would have to do with insurance companies leaving the state, since they are all about making as much money as possible.
I don't know when you lived in Florida but things have changed and this storm will push even more companies over the edge. "One city"? They are going to have claims from south Florida to Jacksonville and while it's early I've heard that the claims will be in the $50-60-70 billion dollar range. I made no claims after Hurricane Sally which hit two years ago and my insurance went up $2K and it's likely that my insurance company,UPC will probably go out of business from this storm. If you have a brand new house the rates are affordable, for Florida but compared to other states the cost is high even on a new home, and if you have an older home(mine is almost 100 years old) the costs are substantially high. My property insurance is almost 6 times higher than the property tax. Our insurance broker told me that a client of his who lives in a multi-million dollar home on the beach had their wind policy raised to almost $60K a year. https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/06/07/amid-turbulence-in-fl-property-insurance-market-homeowners-still-have-options-but-not-many/https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2022/08/25/682046.htmhttps://www.bankrate.com/insurance/homeowners-insurance/florida-homeowners-insurance-crisis/