Florida · Where Elona helps
Insurance in Florida, explained.
Elona is based in Parkland and licensed across Florida. Here’s what’s different about insuring a car, a home and a life here.
Florida does insurance its own way: no-fault car insurance, hurricane deductibles, and flood that isn’t part of a home policy. Knowing those three things puts you ahead of most people.
Same sunshine. Different rules.
What’s different about Florida
Four things that surprise people who move here, and a few who’ve lived here for years.
No-fault car insurance
Your own policy pays your own injuries first, whoever caused the crash. That’s what PIP is for.
Hurricane deductibles
Most home policies have a separate, often much bigger, deductible that applies to hurricane damage.
Flood is separate
A standard home policy doesn’t cover flood. It’s its own policy, and it usually has a waiting period.
Your roof matters
The age and shape of a roof, and how well a home stands up to wind, can shape what coverage costs.
Coverage for Florida
The policies Florida households ask Elona about most.
Auto
PIP, property damage and the coverage the minimum leaves out.
Auto coverageHome
Wind, hurricane deductibles and the roof questions carriers ask.
Home coverageFlood
Usually not in your home policy. In Florida, that matters.
Flood coverage
Where Elona helps in Florida
Elona is based in Parkland, in Broward County, and she’s licensed statewide. That means she can help wherever you live in Florida, by phone, email or text: from Parkland and the rest of South Florida to Tampa, Orlando and the Panhandle.
Local, and statewide. Meet in South Florida, or handle everything remotely. Your quote works the same way either way.
Florida, region by region
What’s different about insuring a home and a car in each part of the state, in plain English.
- Miami-Dade & BrowardMiami-Dade · BrowardHurricane-zone building rules, storm surge zones and king tides: what's different about insuring a home and a car in Miami-Dade and Broward.Read the guide
- North Florida & the PanhandleEscambia · Santa Rosa · Okaloosa · Walton · Bay · Leon · DuvalHurricane Michael, Sally's rain, Big Bend landfalls and falling trees: what's different about insuring a home and a car from Pensacola to Jacksonville.Read the guide
- Orlando & Central FloridaOrange · Osceola · Seminole · LakeSinkhole vs catastrophic ground collapse, inland flooding after Ian, and busy roads: what's different about insuring a home and a car in Central Florida.Read the guide
- Palm Beach CountyPalm BeachCoastal homes, condo inspections after Surfside and Florida's new flood disclosure: what's different about insuring a home in Palm Beach County.Read the guide
- Southwest Florida (Naples & Fort Myers)Lee · Collier · CharlotteRebuilding after Ian, the 50% substantial-damage rule and storm surge: what's different about insuring a home in Lee, Collier and Charlotte counties.Read the guide
- Tampa BayHillsborough · Pinellas · Pasco · Hernando · ManateeStorm surge, evacuation zones and sinkhole alley: what's different about insuring a home and a car around Tampa Bay after Helene and Milton.Read the guide
Start with the 60-second guides
- Florida’s minimum coverageWhat $10,000 of PIP and property damage really covers.
- What insurance actually coversCovered, excluded and limit, on your own policy.
- Auto, home or renters?Which one you need, and the one people forget.