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In the Midst of Florida’s Insurance Crisis, What Recourse Do Residents Have?

An Inside Climate News analysis shows the state’s insurance crisis is hitting hardest in the disadvantaged counties of Florida’s agricultural heartland. Residents here, in large part, are bearing the burden themselves.

By Amy Green

Okeechobee Mayor Dowling Watford stands in front of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee in May. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News
An aerial view of Dauphin Island’s shoreline and marsh mounds in Alabama. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Can Shoreline Restoration Rein in Rising Flood Insurance Prices?

By Sydney Cromwell, Southern Science

Once billed as the Chicago of the South, Okeechobee, never experienced the booming growth and development that has transformed Florida’s coasts. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

Florida’s Home Insurance Crisis Hits Hardest in Some of the State’s Poorest Counties

By Amy Green, Peter Aldhous

A family salvages belongings in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 30, 2024, in Old Fort, N.C. Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

An Insurance Crisis Compounded by Climate Change Threatens the Broader U.S. Economy

By Lisa Sorg

An aerial view of an Orlando neighborhood following Hurricane Ian on Oct. 1, 2022. Credit: Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

New Law to Provide Florida Homebuyers With More Transparency on Flood History

By Amy Green

Megan Price (age 14) helps her dad Pat Price (a member of the The Seven Springs, Volunteer Fire Department) suit up as he was getting ready to take the rescue boat out to retrieve a propane tank seen floating through the flooded downtown street. in Seven Springs, North Carolina. Credit: Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

FEMA Knows a Lot About Climate-Driven Flooding. But It’s Not Pushing Homeowners Hard Enough to Buy Insurance

By James Bruggers

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