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Low energy.

 

Let’s not forget the old “he had so much respect for the office, he never took off his suit jacket”

 

Florida lawmakers, too busy with culture wars, missed an actual crisis

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/19/florida-property-insurance-special-session/

Florida is facing a property insurance crisis so dire that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has ordered state lawmakers back into a special session next week to fix it. That’s because the Republican-run legislature squandered weeks of the regular session trying to control what teachers and corporations can say and do instead of addressing a mess that alarms millions of Floridians: a meltdown in the home insurance market.

Yes, Florida is vulnerable to hurricane damage, but so are other Gulf Coast states, and their property insurance markets are not in disarray. That’s because this crisis is man-made, having less to do with destructive hurricanes than with two other Florida trademarks: greed and fraud.

But first, let’s look at what Floridians face: skyrocketing property insurance premiums, up 25 percent from 2020 to 2021 on average, but in some cases tripling in one year, according to the Insurance Information Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit trade group that tracks industry trends.

The average cost of homeowner’s insurance in Florida was $3,600 in 2021, double the rate for the rest of the country.

That’s if you can even get insurance. In the past 12 months, more than 400,000 Florida home policies have been dropped, most of them in the past 90 days, according to the institute.

One insurance holding company this week announced 68,200 cancellations. Three other companies have been declared insolvent this year. Florida insurance underwriting losses are projected at more than $1.6 billion for 2021.

“It’s the most volatile property insurance market in the country, and it’s headed for collapse,” says Mark Friedlander, the institute’s spokesman. Cue the special session.

 

Don't say liability.

 

Hypocrisy, thy name is Tucker.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...time-tucker-carlson-asked-hunter-biden-favor/

 

unbelievable

Israeli Investigation Into Killing of Palestinian-American Journalist Ends Before It Begins

 

The hearings next month promise to be interesting. They may or may not make a dent, but at least they'll be revealing what they found out.

 

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