The Home Insurance Crisis: A Conversation with Florida

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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California and Florida have been the epicenter of the home insurance crisis, with insurers jacking up prices, refusing coverage or fleeing the states entirely because of the massive costs from wildfire and hurricane damage. We team up with Florida public radio station WLRN to examine how our two states, with different politics and similar problems, are approaching the crisis. Guests: Danielle Venton, science reporter, KQED News Tom Hudson, Vice President of News, WLRN, anchor of the Florida Roundup David Brancaccio, host and senior editor, Marketplace Morning Report, he lost his home to fire in Altadena Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:51.2	The world is warming, and in California and and Florida insurers are jacking up prices,
0:57.0	refusing coverage, or fleeing the states entirely because of the massive cost from wildfire
1:03.0	and hurricane damage. Today we team up again with Florida Public Radio Station WLRN to examine how our two states have become the epicenters of the home insurance crisis.
1:16.5	We'll talk about the impact of the LA fires and discuss both states' attempts to fix their insurance markets.
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1:39.3	California and Florida sit on opposite ends of the country,
1:42.3	but both are at the center of a growing home
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