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When the insurance company sends a fire crew

When several pickups arrived carrying yellow-shirted men who quickly began setting up sprinklers around Peter Jesberg’s property near Yampa, he realized just how fast the Crosho fire was encroaching on his home.  The men were not firefighters in the traditional sense — they were...

Thousands of Harris County residents are dropped from their home insurance polices, Data shows

New data shows U.S. homeowners prone to natural disasters lose homeowners insurance at nearly twice the rate of those who live in less vulnerable counties.Kinder Institute data shows 55% of Harris County residents own homes all of which are subject to the intense...

Newsom signs bills to strengthen oversight of state’s insurer of last resort

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday intended to bolster California’s property insurer of last resort, which was hit hard by January’s wildfires.The package of bills attempts to ease the California FAIR Plan’s financial woes while also giving lawmakers more oversight over...