Nothing about your house changed this year, so treat the higher renewal number as a negotiating position.
Raising the deductible only makes sense if you could genuinely pay it tomorrow without borrowing.
Your sum insured should be the cost to rebuild the house, never the price you could sell it for.
A standard home policy does not cover flood anywhere in the US, the UK or Canada without a specific add-on.
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