Florida homeowners who can’t find coverage from standard insurers turn to Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for affordable home insurance. Florida’s state-created home insurer of last resort currently covers more than 1.4 million properties — making it the largest home insurer in the state by far.
Citizens, however, isn’t meant to be a long-term insurer for Floridians.
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