California homeowners have one new protection as the Los Angeles wildfires continue to ravage roughly 29,000 acres. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a one-year moratorium that ...

It’s easy to forget about reviewing your home insurance — after you’re settled in a new home, life gets busy, and paying your bill becomes just another routine task. However, if you haven’t evaluated ...

Last year, there were a total of 27 weather and climate disasters in the United States with losses of more than $1 billion each, according to NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) ...

With extreme weather events increasing in recent years, homeowners insurance companies have raised premiums or stopped offering coverage completely. Many of the policyholders hit with nonrenewal or ...

Melissa Hudson says she was stunned last year when the insurance premiums on her home in Port Orchard, Wash., shot up 40 percent—even though she’d intentionally bought a home at low risk for fire, ...

Homeowners across the country face a tough reality. Home insurance rates continue to climb faster than ever before. This is especially true in disaster-prone areas. As a result, many homeowners are ...

In the housing market, homeowners insurance has become the embodiment of the effects of climate change. Over the past several years, more frequent and more expensive severe weather events have ...

Deductibles are on the rise, but your home insurance provider might not have made that clear. People want to be able to rely on their insurance provider in emergencies, especially as the risk of ...

Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. The roof on Ron Watson's house in Spanish Fort, ...