DeSantis Allegedly Prioritizes Insurance Industry Donors Over Residents.

A new report alleges that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has favored his big-money donors in the insurance industry at the expense of Florida residents struggling with homeowner insurance rates nearly triple the national average. The report claims that the insurance industry was a crucial underwriter of DeSantis's rise to the governor's mansion and may have influenced his decision-making. DeSantis has taken a combined $3.9m in contributions from insurance industry players, and two property casualty insurance firms donated a combined total of $125,000 to his 2023 inaugural celebration. The report argues that DeSantis's administration has put the insurance companies' interests ahead of Florida's own citizens, who are facing increasingly frequent and severe hurricanes and other weather events.