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Private flood insurance bill rolls, with dissent on unregulated prices

A bill designed to boost Florida’s private alternatives to federal flood insurance cleared an early stop Tuesday, though not without a bit of protest and unease about moves that whisk away price regulation.

Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, told the Senate banking and insurance committee the idea was to encourage “alternatives to costly federal insurance.” It passed 8-1.