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Home insurance unaffordable for many, leaving them exposed to big losses

(InvestigateTV) — A report by the Consumer Federation of America shows that over 6 million homeowners lack homeowners insurance, leaving them unprotected from national disasters and other significant damages that might happen to their homes.Sharon Cornelissen, Director of Housing, and Douglas Heller, Director...

Climate impacts put insurance commissioner races in the spotlight

This story is part of State of Emergency, a Grist series exploring how climate disasters are impacting voting and politics. It...

‘My home is a flood risk — no insurer would touch me’

When Tracy Bennett bought her park home in 2015, she knew it was at risk of flooding. But it was only once she had moved into the £225,000 property that she realised it was uninsurable. Bennett, 62, lives in Abbeyfields mobile home park...

Rise Of The Insurance Apocalypse

“We’ve got ourselves a little monster out there,” anchorman Jim Cantore warned, facing the camera in the Weather Channel’s newsroom on a sultry August weekend...