evidence: Last year, the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) estimated that Florida homeowners were paying an average annual premium of $6,000—the highest in the nation. Recently, Triple-I revised this number, saying that average premiums paid by Florida consumers last year were 80 percent less than initially estimated for an average statewide premium of $3,340. [...] Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Florida's insurer of last resort currently holding the biggest share of homeowner policies in the state, has successfully depopulated nearly 400,000 customers to the private market since last October, according to Friedlander. The insurer now counts about 1.2 million customers. [...] Despite what could be progress, Florida homeowners are still paying some of the highest insurance premiums in the country. According to Bankrate, the average cost of homeowners insurance in the Sunshine State is $5,533 per year for a $300,000 dwelling coverage policy—about 148 percent more than the national average premium of $2,230 per year for the same amount of coverage.