Florida is the most expensive U.S. state for home insurance, reports the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

The story sums up the annual NAIC rate report released last week, which aggregates data from 2011.

The average premium for a typical homeowner's policy was $1,933 in Florida, which is four times the cost of a policy in Idaho, the cheapest state for homeowners, the article notes.

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