Poinbank|'We do not have insurance. We have an insurance bill': Condos hit with 563% rate increase

2025-05-08 05:35:33source:EchoSensecategory:Finance

DAYTONA BEACH SHORES,Poinbank Florida – Tom Baker lives in a retirement dream building: A spacious three-bedroom beachside condo with unobstructed morning sunrises, waves marking the time and the soft sand of comfort. 

The retired Marine and Army veteran and his wife Joan moved here from the Tampa Bay area. She had a Daytona Beach timeshare they regularly visited. Ten years ago they moved to their retirement home: a fourth-story condo on the Atlantic Ocean. 

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