The end of insurance: Climate change is destroying homeowners and insurers

Traditional insurance models aren’t able to handle escalating natural disaster risks.

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Wealth divide will steepen as climate change spikes insurance costs, report finds

Climbing temperatures are sharpening economic divides in American communities, a new report has found. Rising insurance rates are increasingly making broad swaths of the country's biggest cities ...
The Hill - 1d
As wildfire damage climbs to $40 billion, homeowners face higher insurance costs

S&P Global expects home insurance rates to be ‘heavily impacted’ by LA wildfires
MarketWatch - Jan. 24
Here's how climate change is reshaping home insurance costs in California — and the rest of the U.S.

Even for homeowners outside of California, worsening extreme weather means higher insurance rates.
CNBC - Jan. 22
US homeowners in disaster-prone states face soaring insurance costs

Climate crisis is making it harder for insurance companies to operate, with many pausing or withdrawing policies. Homeowners in the United States are facing an enormous financial crunch due to the ...
The Guardian - Jan. 22
More homeowners are being denied insurance. The L.A. fires can be a turning point.

Government should focus on these 3 questions to help find solutions.
MarketWatch - Jan. 18
Small Businesses and Homeowners in My Hometown Are Grappling With California’s Broken Insurance Market

One business owner in Altadena, where I once lived, would love to rebuild. But all of her customers lost their homes.
Inc. - Jan. 13
California homeowners battle an 'insurance crisis' as wildfires burn out of control

The wind-driven wildfires burning out of control in the Los Angeles area couldn't have emerged at a more perilous moment for California's homeowners, as officials try to rehab what they concede is ...
NBC News - Jan. 10
Thousands of L.A. homeowners do not have insurance amid fires

Thousands of Los Angeles homeowners do not have home insurance. Several private insurers in California have either raised prices or completely removed their coverage in at-risk areas. Business ...
CBS News - Jan. 9
Before the Palisades Fire, many of those homeowners had lost insurance

About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.
CBS News - Jan. 9

The end of insurance: Climate change is destroying homeowners and insurers

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Wealth divide will steepen as climate change spikes insurance costs, report finds

As wildfire damage climbs to $40 billion, homeowners face higher insurance costs

Here's how climate change is reshaping home insurance costs in California — and the rest of the U.S.

US homeowners in disaster-prone states face soaring insurance costs

More homeowners are being denied insurance. The L.A. fires can be a turning point.

Small Businesses and Homeowners in My Hometown Are Grappling With California’s Broken Insurance Market

California homeowners battle an 'insurance crisis' as wildfires burn out of control

Thousands of L.A. homeowners do not have insurance amid fires

Before the Palisades Fire, many of those homeowners had lost insurance

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