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Florida Senate Democrats are proposing new legislation to address rising property insurance rates.
Proposed bills aim to strengthen insurer regulations and reduce litigation costs.
Democrats face challenges in passing their bills due to being a superminority in the Legislature.
Florida Senate Democrats are taking aim at the jump in property insurance rates in recent years, highlighting bills they’ve filed to tackle the issue – and criticizing Republicans for not doing enough to keep costs down.
“The out-of-control property insurance market affects all of us, whether you own your own home or you rent it from someone else,” Senate Democratic Leader Lori Berman of Boca Raton told reporters Oct. 8. “We want Floridians to keep more of their hard-earned money and we want