Florida condo owners are stuck in a 'train wreck' as prices drop and mounting insurance rates scare away buyers

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Florida, Miami Beach, aerial of Icon South Beach Luxury Condos.

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A woman lost her $823,000 injury claim after lawyers found a photo of her winning a Christmas-tree-throwing competition

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A participant hurls a spruce at the 16th World Christmas Tree Throwing Championship in Weidenthal, Germany.
A participant hurling a spruce during the 16th world Christmas-tree-throwing championship in Weidenthal, Germany.

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A boomer moved back to Virginia after living in Florida for a decade. She said she would 'never own another home' in the Sunshine State and loves the slower pace of life.

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Blacksburg, Virginia.
Blacksburg, Virginia near Virginia Tech.

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Young people are flocking to Florida. It's boosting the state's economy, but living there comes with hidden costs.

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Florida has become a hot spot for millennials.

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I've been tortured by shame since I was 8. Then along came Ozempic.

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The thing about a lifetime of shame is that you have no idea how heavy a burden it is until the moment you set it down.

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I was laid off after 25 years of working my way up in the insurance industry. It was the best thing to happen to me.

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The author was laid off after 25 years.

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18 million rental units are at risk as climate disasters get more common, Harvard study says

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Homes and buildings would get ripped apart by sheet force if Earth stopped rotating on its axis.

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The Equity Talk: Why Darryl Page came out of retirement to be Chubb's chief culture officer

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Darryl Page
Darryl Page.

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Chubb's Ana Robic on 2024: I want to educate customers about the insurance they don't realize they need

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Ana Robic.

William Taufic 2014

There's a Billion-Dollar Industry Between You and FEMA’s Flood Insurance

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