According to industry leaders, California is now dealing with its own insurance crisis as Florida is coming out of theirs.
Insurers are increasingly retreating from high-risk areas, attributing their actions to climate change, even though they have long possessed the tools and expertise to forecast and manage these risks.
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Realtors said California fire refugees moving to Florida small compared to Covid-motivated migration, but follows a trend that began during COVID.
One week after record snowfall, places like Tallahassee and Jacksonville will see temperatures in the 70s and low 80s.
Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom occupy different ends of the ideological spectrum, and the states they govern are political opposites, too. But Florida and California have more in common than many might acknowledge, which explains why the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles resonate here in the Sunshine State.
USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at “relatively high” risk.
Losses from the historic fires are a major blow for property insurers still recuperating from an active hurricane season last fall.
Florida residents won't have to worry about snow, or even freezing temperatures from what's expected to be a weak cold front here, according to the Florida Division of Emergency M
Climate-related losses in California and Florida have risen in lockstep over the last decade. Last year was particularly costly for reinsurers. The fires will add to billions of dollars in reinsurance payouts for Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which caused $41 billion in combined insured losses.
The American Red Cross South Florida Region sends six volunteers from our area to California to help fire victims pick up the pieces.
Some victims of the Los Angeles wildfires are seeking temporary succor in Florida or even permanent relocation after marauding flames left their California homes in ashy ruin. Realtors said their ...