Luxury Homes Are Raising Risks for California’s Insurer of Last Resort July 22, 2026 By Todd Woody As California’s wildfire insurance crisis drives homeowners to the state’s insurer of last resort, wealthy areas such as Beverly Hills,...
What Home Age Actually Tells Us About Claims — And What It Doesn’t July 17, 2026 By Andrew Leeds Looking at non-catastrophe claims that closed with a payment last year, the median paid loss hovered around $9,000 regardless of...
Clash of Florida Titans Pits Powerful Tribe Against Homebuilder Lennar July 14, 2026 By Anna J Kaiser Ciara Billie was about to step into the shower of her newly built townhome on the Hollywood Seminole Reservation in...
Premiums Will Skyrocket by 2035, and Discounts Not Enough for Wind Mitigation, Studies Say July 9, 2026 By William Rabb Home fortifications, from roof tie-downs to window protections, have been recognized as key factors in reducing losses, claims and premiums...
Allstate Sued by Oklahoma for Alleged Scheme to Underpay Claims July 7, 2026 By Alexandre Rajbhandari The state's top lawyer, Gentner Drummond, alleges that Allstate implemented an internal program to drastically deny or minimize payments of...
FBI Probes Whether Alarum Unit Is Behind Co-Opted Home Devices July 6, 2026 By Jake Bleiberg The FBI is investigating whether a subsidiary of the data-collection firm Alarum Technologies Ltd. had a role in linking customers’...
Flood Re to Cut Insurance Payouts to Richest UK Households July 2, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard The U.K.’s flood insurer of last resort is unfairly favoring wealthier households and will be reformed to reduce the burden...
More Americans Are Moving Away From Flood Risk Than Toward It June 25, 2026 By Leslie Kaufman Americans are leaving some of the nation’s most flood-prone communities at an accelerating pace, suggesting that climate concerns are beginning...
A Fire Tracking App Used by Millions Expands to Help Monitor Dangerous Floods June 25, 2026 By Gabriela Aoun Angueira When a fire broke out a few miles from his Altadena, California, home the evening of Jan. 7, 2025, Matt...
Climate Stress Reshaping US Roofs, New Study Shows June 24, 2026 Heat, humidity and extreme rainfall are shortening roof lifespans across the U.S., a new analysis shows. Nearmap, a property intelligence...