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As inflation pushes home replacement values ever higher, calls are getting louder to increase the eligibility cap for coverage by state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Currently, the eligibility cap is $1 million for homeowners in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties and $700,000 everywhere else. That's not fair, say proponents who want to change it to $1 million everywhere.
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'Will it impact rates today, tomorrow? No. Is it likely to impact rates 12 months and 18 months from now? In all likelihood it will.'
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Columnist Steve Bousquet offers advice to Floridians overcome with hopelessness by the mass killings in Texas.
Gov. Ron DeSantis does things on his terms, as Floridians know all too well. And every so often, the result is positive for the people of this state.