OduseiFarmers Insurance is leaving Florida in latest blow to homeowners
Insurance, every kind, is the biggest scam since religion was invented. It should be a socialised utility paid for by the taxes already being sucked from our veins instead of funding endless wars all over the world.
A counterargument is that people in places where we suffer few natural disasters shouldn’t have to subsidize people that choose to live in places like Florida that suffer frequent disasters.
If the government becomes responsible for the bills to rebuild from disaster, then the government should have the ability to tell people they can’t live somewhere that is going to flood every 10 years. And I imagine most people don’t want that.
The free market solution to disincentivize people from living in places that increasingly suffer regular disasters is for it to become increasingly expensive to live there. Insurance prices skyrocketing accomplishes that, and if someone can’t afford the insurance then they should cash out and move somewhere where they can afford to live.
Ok Boomer. This fuck you I got mine attitude is one of the major problems we face in this country. The notion that everyone can just chose where they live is naive at best and your privilege is showing if you actually believe it. The nightmare political situation we are seeing is largely due to older generations who live by exactly your way of thinking and selfish actions.
Nothing will improve until you people are extinct.
Insurance can only work as long as input and output is balanced. It is a (sad) fact that hurricanes get worse, and the risk and cost of damage in Florida is going to rise. They could probably offer home insurance in Florida, but the premiums would be so high that people would not buy it anyway.
The question will not be “Can you afford to move out of Florida?”, but “Can you afford to stay in Florida?”.