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Ron DeSantis: “30 day average request for homeowners rates was down 1.4%.”

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Florida Gov. DeSantis Delivers Remarks At The American Property Casualty Insurance Association Event

Published October 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 14:59

… know that there are two or three other options and hopefully more that they would be able to have. So, and then if you look overall through the summer, the 30 day average request for homeowners rates was down 1.4%. And even last year where we had the lowest increase in the country of all 50 states, it was still up a few percent at that same point last year in 2024 and then of course before that in 23, you know, you had an. (14:59–15:06)

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