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Growing climate risks fuel surge in U.S. home insurance costs
The white sands of Pensacola Beach in the Florida Panhandle are seen in October 2021

Growing climate risks fuel surge in U.S. home insurance costs

Washington (AFP) - When Jack Hierholzer moved back to Pensacola in the Florida panhandle, it felt like a homecoming.  "My kids were born in Pensacola, and so we have a lot of friends in the neighborhood, we have some family here," he told AFP in a phone interview.  But less than three years later, he's thinking of leaving the city after seeing his home insurance premium more than triple to $6,500 -- due in part to the rising costs to insurers of extreme weather fueled by climate change. "I work from home full time, so I could live anywhere in the country where I have a high-speed internet conn...

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