After living in his Bradenton home for 20 years, Bryan Zoller is about to do a first.“I’ve never made a claim before, so I’m really not sure how the process works,” he said.Zoller’s home sits right across the street from the Manatee River.On...
Homeowners in several states across the U.S. are facing skyrocketing insurance rates due to concerns over extreme weather events, and residents in Boulder, Colorado, are the latest to feel the impact.
What's happening?
As explained by Boulder Reporting Lab, wildfires becoming a year-round threat in...
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Navigating insurance after a hurricane can be a disaster in itself for homeowners. That's why State Farm has opened a catastrophe site in St. Pete, offering homeowners a chance to file their claims and speak to someone in person....
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...
