Is a Federal Reinsurance Backstop the Answer to Home Insurance Challenges? March 20, 2026 By Chad Hemenway The Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project has released a proposal for a federal reinsurance backstop called US Re to leverage federal...
US Home Insurance Prices Set to Keep Rising With Severe Weather March 18, 2026 By Leslie Kaufman U.S. home insurance premiums are set to rise for a fifth straight year in 2026 as insurers grapple with losses...
‘Nation’s First’ Smoke Damage Standards Bill Making Its Way Through California Legislature March 17, 2026 A bill to create a statewide framework for handling wildfire smoke damage insurance claims is now making its way through...
Authorities Search Debris After Suspected Tornadoes Kill 6 in Michigan, Oklahoma March 9, 2026 By Dave Collins, Steve Karnowski and Mike Householder Authorities searched through rubble and debris in southern Michigan on Saturday after suspected tornadoes tore through the region and killed...
Claims Handling Breakdowns From LA Wildfires One Year on February 25, 2026 By Dan Veroff It’s been more than a year since the Palisades and Eaton Fires in Los Angeles, and attorneys who work in...
‘Structural Shift’ Occurring in California Surplus Lines February 17, 2026 By Don Jergler The Los Angeles wildfires that kicked off 2025 not only sped up a statewide homeowners insurance market pullback, they also...
California Smoke Damage Act Would Enable Wildfire Victims to Expedite Claims February 12, 2026 A bill touted as the nation’s first public health and insurance standards to protect families from toxic smoke contamination is...
Portugal Rolls Out $2.9 Billion Aid as Deadly Flooding Spreads February 6, 2026 By Sofia Horta e Costa Portugal approved emergency laws to speed reconstruction after deadly flooding as part of a $2.9 billion support package in one...
Navigators Can’t Parse ‘Additional Insured’ Policy Wording in Georgia Explosion Case January 30, 2026 By William Rabb Navigators cannot escape a utility company's argument that the utility is an additional insured on a policy, after a 2018...
London Cyber Attack Threatens to Hold Up Thousands of Home Sales January 27, 2026 By Damian Shepherd A “sophisticated, criminal cyber attack” is threatening to hold up thousands of home sales in two of London’s richest boroughs....