There is an important additional factor, regulators are setting limits on rates / rate increases. Florida is not profitable with those limits. If the insurance companies are free to set any rate, they would happily cover a high hurricane risk area.
You can get insurance on very risky things. The way it's done is high rates and "reinsurance" which means the insurance company shares the risk (and premium) with a pool of other insurance companies. For policies with a large possible payout (e.g. a big ship or aircraft) this is always done, to avoid issues for the insurance company that gets unlucky enough to have to pay out.
Well apparently it's not hurricanes or regulation against accurate pricing, it's rampant fraud fueled by a state supreme court decision to incentivize winning cases for policyholders
"Florida, however, is the site of 79 percent of all homeowners insurance lawsuits over claims filed nationwide while Florida’s insurers receive only 9 percent of all U.S. homeowners insurance claims, according to the Florida governor’s Office."
You can get insurance on very risky things. The way it's done is high rates and "reinsurance" which means the insurance company shares the risk (and premium) with a pool of other insurance companies. For policies with a large possible payout (e.g. a big ship or aircraft) this is always done, to avoid issues for the insurance company that gets unlucky enough to have to pay out.