Farmers Insurance is leaving Florida in latest blow to homeowners
Farmers Insurance is leaving Florida in latest blow to homeowners
The decision was “necessary to effectively manage risk exposure,” the company said.
The decision was “necessary to effectively manage risk exposure,” the company said.
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Huh, it's almost like for-profit insurance companies shouldn't be a thing...
On the other hand, maybe we should rebuilding in places with catastrophic disasters on an annual basis. How long should we keep doing the same thing expecting different results?
It’s hard to stomach bailing out people and parts of the country for events caused by a process they actively deny and lie about.
Florida actually has a state sponsored home owners insurance.
https://www.citizensfla.com/who-we-are
This was after private insurers started bailing out in the early 2000s when it became clear how ridiculously expensive it would be to provide hurricane insurance there.
I'm on Citizens. Every year I get a letter telling me they have the legal right to sell my policy if they find a comparable one in the private sector within 20% of what I'm paying. Every year they fail to find one. The best thing about Citizen's is that they can't leave the state.
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I'm all for hating on the insurance companies, but your approach is a bit short sighted. This isn't just getting even with the insurance companies, it's wide scale fraud. The fraud was so rampant that Florida passed two insurance reform bills to help protect the insurance companies and they are still leaving.
Most mortgage lenders require you to have home owners insurance through the life of your mortgage. If you lose your insurance and can't replace it it will result in defaulting on your loan. This is the reason why Florida has the highest inflation in the Country right now and unless something happens soon people might start losing their homes or be priced out of them.
They won't be in Florida soon.