YOUR KEITH PIERSON TOYOTA TIMESAVER TRAFFIC, BRUCE, JEN? CHECKING ON MONEY MATTERS THIS MORNING, FRAUD IS PUSHING UP HOME INSURANCE PREMIUMS YOU MAY NOT WANT TO DISPLAY EMPTY CHRISTMAS BOXES, JANE KING JOINS US WITH MORE, TIME FOR THIS MORNING'S MONEY MATTER REPORT, LET'S START WITH THOSE FLORIDA HEY HOME OWNER'S INSURANCE RATES SOME OF THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY
SOME OF THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY, AND KEEP RISING AND THIS IS DESPITE NOT HAVING A MAJOR HURRICANE IN THE LAST DECADE THE CULPRIT IS THE NONREPORTED WATER CLAIMS ACCORDING TO CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE IT SAYS 90% OF ALL WATER DAMAGE CLAIM COME FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND MANY PACKED WITH INFLATED COSTS, ALL THIS IS DRIVING UP INSURANCE COST WE JUST TALKED TO OUR CRIME AND SAFETY EXPERT IN JACKSONVILLE ABOUT THIS VERY PROBLEM AND IN CASE OUR VIEWERS MISS IT IT IS CERTAINLY WORTH REMINDING THEM YOU NEED EBE CAREFUL NOT TO PUT ALL OF THOSE BOXES, BROADCASTING THOSE HOLIDAY HAULS BY LEAVING THEM OUT ON THE CURB ABSOLUTELY, YOU JUST WANT TO CLEAN UP AFTER OPENING GIFTS AND YOU JUST THROW THESE BOXES OUT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE PLASTERED WITH SOME KEY INFORMATION, SHIPPING LABEL, BRANDING THAT SAY EXACTLY WHAT WAS IN THAT BOX, SOME ARE JUST SO BIG THAT A PERSON MIGHT GUESS A BIG-TICKET ITEM WAS IN THERE, IT MAY MAKE YOU AN ITEM FOR THIEVE, FOLDING THEM INSIDE OUT SO LABELS AND ADVERTISING DON'T SHOW OR MAKE SURE THEY'RE CONSEELED INSIDE A RECYCLING BIN THOSE ARE WAYS TO KEEP YOUR CHRISTMAS QUIET AND SAFE AND WHAT IS THIS ABOUT AVOCADO PRICE? AVOCADOES PRETTY DARN CHEAP RIGHT NOW, ONE CALIFORNIA-BASED GROWING COMPANY SAID IT HAD TO BATTLE SHARPLY LOWER AVOCADO PRICES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, WASN'T QUITE PREDICTING THAT, THEY HAD BEEN RISE TONGUE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT, CALIFORNIA PRODUCE 80% OF THE AVOCADOES, BUT THAT HAS EASED A LITTLE BIT AND THEY'VE GROWN MORE OF THEM AND THAT IS LESSENING THE CRIESESE NO SECRET FOR US HERE SINCE WE LIVE IN JACKSONVILLE, BUT IT TURNS OUT OUR CITY IS A GREAT PLACE TO SPEND NEW YEAR'S EVE? YES, IT WON'T BREAKING THE BANK TO SPEND NEW YEAR'S EVE IN JACKSONVILLE
RANKS A ONE OF THE MOST AFFORDABLE PLACES TRAILING GREENSBOR ROGUE, NORTH CAROLINA THE SURVEY KNOWS JACKSONVILLE HAS GOOD FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT AND IS A SAFE PLACE AS WELL TO RING IN THE NEW YEAR IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO FIND PLACES TO GO THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE TAX SLAYER BOWL THAT IS GOING ON A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FROM OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE IT IS ON A
