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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 ...
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.
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 ]
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 ...
The average cost of a home insurance policy in Florida is $3,340 per year, according to the Insurance Information Institute, a 37% increase from 2021 and higher than the national average. But in ...
Another initiative highlighted by the agency is the Food and Nutrition Service and Economic Research Service's Food Desert Locator. [144] The Locator provides a spatial view of food deserts, defined as a low-income census tract where a substantial number or share of residents has low access to a supermarket or large grocery store. The mapped ...
Hurricane Milton was tracking away from Florida Thursday morning, hours after the dangerous Category 3 storm brought a "life-threatening" surge and catastrophic winds that left over 3 million ...