2007: Since 2006, most insurance companies have turned down all new homeowners’ insurance business in New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, Massachusetts and the eight downstate counties of New York (NY Times, 2007).
Reference: NY Times. 2007. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/nyregion/16insurance.html
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