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Lee County residents will see their flood insurance rates rise about 25% after the Federal Emergency Management Agency says the county and several of its cities failed to meet some requirements needed to qualify for a rate discount following Hurricane Ian.
Lee County officials, in emailed statements and news releases, pushed back at the hike — coming at a time when the property insurance market in Florida is already one of the more confusing, and costliest, in the country.
When contacted with specific questions about discrepancies between the county's assertions and FEMAs, a Lee County spokesperson wrote in an email Monday evening, "We fulfilled requests by deadlines with the information available to the county."
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