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Who pays the insurance payouts for Helene and Milton damage?

Twenty-six feet of water surged through the building holding the Village Potters art collective in Asheville, North Carolina, during Hurricane Helene. “It flooded all the way up to the second floor — 37 wheels, 17 kilns, tables, slab rollers, I mean it’s, it’s astronomical,”...

Recent wildfires making some residents nervous about insurance policies

Ronni Echevarria has always loved being outside, catching a glimpse of the canyon from her backyard.She says, "You feel like you're in the country. And yet you're not. You're in the middle of the city. You can listen to music, sit in the...

‘Have some mercy’ Will state approve Citizens Insurance 14% rate hike?

TAMPA, Fla. — Back in August, state-backed Citizens Property Insurance pleaded its case to the State's Office of Insurance Regulation, requesting a 14% rate increase for its policyholders. That was before back-to-back hurricanes. According to the rate hike request, Citizens is pushing for an...

2024 hurricanes a stark reminder of persistent protection gap for flood coverage, KBRA

As the 2024 hurricane season enters into its final month, KBRA, the global full-service rating agency has highlighted the uptick in storm activity as several weather systems made landfall in the southeastern United States. Readers will be aware that Florida and a number of...

DeSantis Does Everything He Can to End Abortion Measures’ Win Streak

The hurricane split pine trees like toothpicks. It chewed up chain link fences and laid highway billboards flat on their faces. It peeled the roof off Tropicana Field, where the Tampa Bay Rays play, and uncorked dozens of tornadoes, including one that ripped...

It’s not the economy, stupid, that could deliver a win for Kamala Harris | Phillip Inman

There are themes playing out in the US presidential election that are familiar to most people across the developed world.The lack of affordable housing. Rocketing home insurance and childcare costs. How expensive owning and running a car has become.More acutely, at least for...