Florida

State-backed Florida home insurance to raise rates 14%

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Florida’s government-backed home insurance company is planning to raise rates by 14% — another blow to more than a million residents of the hurricane-ravaged state that is saddled with some of the highest premiums in the country. Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s board of governors voted unanimously Wednesday to raise rates for next year — despite … Read more

Disney lawsuit: Employees sue over failed Lake Nona campus, forced to move to Florida

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In December 2022, George Fong, a creative director at Disney, sold his beloved childhood home in Los Angeles and moved to Florida — sleeping in a hotel while his Orlando home was ready. Fong had moved across the country — leaving the state where his family had lived for generations — for work. In a … Read more