Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the average home insurance figures for a $300,000 home in California, Texas and Florida as monthly figures. They were annual.

A growing climate industrial complex is driving up premiums, lining the insurance industry’s pockets and draining Americans’ ...

When a wildfire engulfed the Canadian oil-sands boomtown of Fort McMurray two years ago, it hit insurance company Aviva PLC out of nowhere. The British firm had been active in Canada since 1835. Its ...

Part of the roof of Genesis Cooper's home is shown blown off after a tornado, spawned by Tropical Storm Debby, passed through Lucama, N.C., on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. Environmental activists have ...

Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005. The storm and the flooding that followed killed thousands and left behind billions of dollars in damage. Analysts believe the ...

Property values in the neighborhood have increased 50%, from $2.1 million on average in December 2017 to $3.076 million in ...

On Monday night at Missouri River Regional Library in Jefferson City, two local experts sought to explain what is driving up insurance rates. The culprit, overwhelmingly, is climate change, they ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX, THE 15TH ANNUAL CLIMATE STATEMENT SAYS SEVERE WEATHER WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON INSURANCE PREMIUMS FROM HOMEOWNERS TO FARMERS. EXPERTS SAY THE PRICE FOR INSURANCE DUE TO EXTREME ...

“We are homeowners whose entire neighborhoods have been destroyed by fires and we’re fighting our insurance companies while continuing to pay rate hike after rate hike.” “We are small business owners ...

For 15 years, Iowa researchers and educators have released an annual climate statement outlining how a changing climate is already affecting Iowans and how the state can respond. This year’s statement ...

Insurance industry profit motives conflict with our need for protection. Public insurance, coupled with proactive risk reduction, can help.

Iowa (ICD) - Scientists from universities across Iowa urge a shift to more renewable energy sources and updated building standards to cope with insurance premiums that are mounting due to a changing ...