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Becky Sullivan

Florida's property insurance market was already under stress. Ian could make it worse

A man stands in front of his destroyed house in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Matlacha, Fla., on Oct. 3. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images)

Even before Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida last week, the state's property insurance market was already in its own state of disaster.

Homeowners in Florida pay the highest premiums in the country: nearly three times the national average, according to the Insurance Information Institute, an industry group. And Floridians' premiums are rising much faster — about 33% each year — than the typical American's annual increase of 9%.

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