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What Donalds and Jolly each say they’ll do about property insurance rates

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Polls consistently show that affordability is Florida voters’ biggest concern leading into the November election, and the candidates for governor are pitching plans they say will bring down property insurance costs. Under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ leadership, Florida lawmakers have made it harder to sue insurance companies in an effort to attract more providers back into the state to offer policies, despite the high storm risks. Republican Byron Donalds says his proposal will force companies to compete with each other, and Democrat David Jolly says his plan will make Florida a less risky market. Byron Donalds, Republican nominee Donalds wants to keep in place DeSantis’ sweeping lawsuit reforms and create a comparison tool called the “Insurer Scorecard” that his campaign describes as a “first step” to increasing accountability for insurance companies and bringing down premiums. “What people need is transparency, not just around price, but around performance,” he told the Miami Herald. The stat