11+ hour, 7+ min ago  (860+ words) This program repeats on May 26, 11: 30am-1: 30pm Retired former Wildland Firefighter District and current wildfire insurance company consultant, Miranda Stuart, will present property owners with facts and strategies on living in wildfire communities and how to mitigate risk for wildfires. Through her…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1479+ words) Home insurance is getting more expensive in the United States, and insurers are pulling back from some regions as the cost of disasters grows. That trend is stretching the limits of what ordinary Americans can afford to protect their homes....

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (588+ words) MIAMI " Among those feeling the pain of the government shutdown are people in coastal areas and other locations where they need flood insurance. The government-backed National Flood Insurance Program stopped writing new policies on Oct. 1 and can't resume until it's…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (525+ words) In the closing days of the legislative year, California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a bill that is meant to toughen scrutiny of the state's embattled fire insurer of last result by insisting that two of their leaders join its…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (598+ words) Nearly every county in the United States has experienced flooding in the past few decades, but just 4% of homeowners nationwide have flood insurance, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It's what experts call the flood insurance gap. Most homeowners…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (326+ words) Safehold Special Risk has pulled out of Oregon, saying it was losing too much money following a 2014 ruling that made it easier to sue ski resorts for negligence. The Oregon Supreme Court decision weakened the power of liability waivers, increasing…...