Market forces limiting the availability of property insurance in the Virgin Islands and raising prices could begin to level off, officials told the Senate Monday. But it hasn’t happened yet.
A so-called hard market, where large insurance companies charge more to cover potential losses...
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By Nate Scherer | Policy Analyst, American Consumer Institute
It doesn’t take a climate scientist to tell you that wildfires are wreaking havoc on large swaths of the country.
Propelled by a warming climate, poor forest management practices, a lack of adequate risk mitigation strategies, and...
On Thursday night Helene crashed into Florida’s coast as a Category 4 hurricane. The giant storm with 140-mile-per-hour winds made landfall close to where Hurricane Debby hit in August and where Idalia struck just over...
Sep. 27—It's been 24 years since Washington elected a new insurance commissioner.
Last year, outgoing Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced he would not seek re-election. His departure came as no surprise after he fell under public scrutiny for reportedly using racist language when speaking with...
It’s been 24 years since Washington elected a new insurance commissioner.
Last year, outgoing Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced he would not seek re-election. His departure came...
Hurricane Helene’s ultimate impact is still being discovered, but a Congressional Democrat who served previously as Florida’s director of Emergency Management thinks it’s necessary to smooth out the impacts for storms nationally and “spread this risk around.”
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