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The Climate Insurance Crisis Is Crushing Black Homeownership

Overview: New research shows that storm risks are highest along the Gulf Coast, home to the nation's highest percentage of Black Americans. Discriminatory home practices like redlining made Black communities and homeowners even more vulnerable in the event of a major storm — and...

The Market for Climate Risk Data Continues to Evolve

Listen on Apple, Spotify, YouTube or Buzzsprout Sponsored by: EDF power solutions —  This episode marks the turn of one of the most popular guests we’ve ever had on this show: Larry Lawrence, Vice President of Sustainable Finance Data at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). When we had him on the...

NY Needs Home Insurance Reform, Industry Watchers Tell Regulators | Insurify | National

New York isn’t even close to being the most expensive state for homeowners insurance, data shows. But premiums in the Empire State are rising, putting financial pressure on homeowners, renters, and landlords alike, numerous speakers told state legislators at a recent Senate hearing.The...

News Brief | Home prices on a warming planet

||| FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ||| “Homeowners don’t appreciate or don’t understand that we are living in a much riskier world than we were 25 years ago. And that risk? They have to pay for it.” Researchers found that a rapid repricing of disaster...

Helena Moreno to inherit City Hall facing many challenges | Local Politics

Mayor-elect Helena Moreno will inherit a city government faced with staffing shortages, aging infrastructure, cumbersome procurement policies and outdated software, according to a transition report commissioned by Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration.The 442-page report, which Cantrell's team provided to Moreno's transition team earlier this month,...