Rick Scott says insurance 'way too expensive' for Florida homeowners
As Hurricane Idalia approached Tuesday night, U.S.Sen. Rick Scott offered his latest critique of the Ron DeSantis-era insurance market and its problems.
“It’s way too expensive to insure homes in Florida right now. And so we’ve got to work with the insurance companies. (We’ve) got to recruit them to come back to the state. (We’ve) got to get more competition and (we’ve) got to solve the problem so they can drive their rates down,” Scott told CNN‘s Kaitlan Collins.
“Until it’s completely solved, there’s more to do,” he added. “So we still have companies leaving. I mean, we have less competition.”
Scott, who was Governor for eight years, said issues endemic to the Florida market “have to be so...
