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Florida's state-funded insurer, Citizens Property Insurance, has become the top insurer for the state after taking on policies ceded by other companies that have pulled back or left the state.
The Category 3 hurricane barreled across Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday evening, leaving parts of Sarasota, Fort Myers and other communities underwater and more than 3 million people without ...
TALLAHASSEE — Hurricane Milton “poses a significant threat to the Florida property insurance market,” particularly for insurers that focus their business on the state, the financial-rating ...
The insurance industry has been criticized by environmental activists and Democratic Party lawmakers for continuing to provide coverage to fossil fuel companies, while Republican Party lawmakers have criticized the industry for curbing policy coverage to oil-and-gas companies (even though most U.S. insurance companies have generally refrained from doing so in contrast to insurers ...
A 2009 study of rural food deserts found key differences in overall health, access to food, and the social environment of rural residents when they were compared to urban dwellers. [25] Rural residents report overall poorer health and more physical limitations, with 12% rating their health as fair or poor, compared to 9% of urban residents. [ 25 ]
A longitudinal study of food deserts in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that supermarket availability is generally unrelated to fruit and vegetable recommendations and overall diet quality. [59] In a 2018 article in Guernica, Karen Washington states that factors beyond physical access suggest the community should reexamine the word food desert itself.
A 2018 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association examined the aftermath of 2017's Hurricane Maria and noted 1,139 additional deaths reported, compared to the official ...
Holmes Beach banned tourists for 45 days after the hurricane. [85] Hurricane Milton also made landfall in Central Florida around two weeks later, complicating recovery from Helene and adding to the damage. [86] The state of Florida sued FEMA for failing to help victims affiliated with the Republican Party in the aftermath of Helene and Milton. [87]