Jolly and Donalds clash on property insurance proposals

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: September 16, 2026

Words: 1,073

Last Updated: 1 day, 21 hours ago


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The Byron Donalds campaign is aggressively attacking David Jolly’s plan to reduce homeowners’ insurance rates.

The Democratic candidate for governor is proposing a state catastrophic insurance fund that would remove hurricane and wind coverage from the private insurance market. He says doing so could reduce homeowners’ insurance costs by 60% to 70%.

Donalds counters on the campaign trail and in a television ad that Jolly’s plan would institute a $1,000 “hurricane tax” on Florida families.

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