Lawmakers probe insurance crisis as premiums skyrocket

The cost to insure a home has soared in many U.S. states in recent years, and lawmakers in Washington are taking notice.

Democrats and Republicans sparred during a Senate Banking Committee hearing Thursday over the causes of rising home-insurance rates and deductibles and the trend of some insurance companies abandoning markets in states like California and Florida where they believe its no longer profitable to operate.

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