Seniors worry they’ll lose homes over skyrocketing insurance

Soaring insurance premiums seem to be hitting us all in Florida. For the state’s senior citizens, the cost is getting too high.

Ellen Fincher of Vero Beach is worried she may lose the home she has lived in for the last 10 years.

“Every day I get up and think, ‘Well, do I start packing,'” Fincher said.

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Ellen Fincher has lived in this Vero Beach home for 10 years but said she may have to leave due to the high insurance costs.

The reason is the skyrocketing insurance. She has a $13,000 premium for her home, which has now climbed to an amount she said she can no longer afford.

“I can’t, not when you’re on a fixed income,” Fincher said. “You live alone, who will help you?”

Like many seniors, Fincher’s home is an older construction and she needs a new roof which she cannot afford.

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