Florida is launching a new assault on hurricanes -- with percentage points. The state's vast public insurance program is seeking a 7.5 percent average increase for its riskiest policies, covering some 300,000 homes on exposed beaches and in wind alleys that have for years received discounted insurance. The mathematical process might seem mundane. But it marks, perhaps, the end of a remarkable period in which the bull's-eye state eagerly provided artificially low-priced insurance in the most hurricane-stricken strip in the country. Go to story #1