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What flood insurance does and does not cover

Though natural disasters cycle across seasons and regions in the U.S., it’s often a shocking discovery for property owners how expansive and expensive flood and water damage can be when a major storm devastates their homes, businesses and communities

The Independent UK

Can we afford the latest hurricanes?

The recent hurricanes will be costly for taxpayers and insurance companies

Salon

Insurance is failing hurricane survivors: ‘People thought they were covered’

Flooding is separate from typical US home insurance and many homeowners are not adequately covered

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Homeowners hit by Hurricane Helene face the grim task of rebuilding without flood insurance

A week after Hurricane Helene overwhelmed the Southeastern U.S., homeowners hit the hardest are grappling with how they could possibly pay for the flood damage from one of the deadliest storms in recent history to hit the mainland

The Independent UK

Texas farmers face mounting expenses as droughts worsen

Rising temperatures intensify drought and increase costs for the heavily subsidized crop insurance program.

The Texas Tribune

How You Can Get Your Money Back When a Vacation Abroad Goes Awry

Five steps to take if travels go awry and you need to get money back.

Kiplinger

Feeling the pinch of high home insurance rates? It's not getting better anytime soon

Homeowners in Florida, like other states, are seeing their home insurance rates soar. Multibillion-dollar disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires have led insurers to hike premiums.

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Protest broke out at a 55+ Florida community over skyrocketing home insurance premiums: 'We have no choice, we have to sell'

“We have no choice, we have to sell. As a matter of fact, I just put my house on the market 10 minutes ago,” one resident told NBC6.

Fortune

Trouble awaits Florida’s housing market as the state just lost another home insurer

"Just in the last 18 months, 15 companies have stopped writing [insurance] business in Florida"

Fortune

Uninsurable America: Climate change hits the insurance industry

The threat of climate change-related disasters is a large factor driving up consumer costs and putting insurers out of business.

Axios

Insurance Information Institute: flood insurance rates will not quadruple for eastern Kentucky resid

An article in the New York Times published earlier this week predicted flood insurance rates in flood-prone areas will soon quadruple. Mark Friedlander, the Director of Corporate Communications at the Insurance Information Institute, said that will not happen ...

WEKU

Who says Florida property insurers aren’t taking new customers? See whether yours added or subtracted policies

Apparently not all Florida-regulated property insurance companies are too financially troubled to take on new customers.

Tribune News Service

Not ‘enough money to save them all.’ Fla. county grapples with double hurricane whammy

WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA, Fla. — Kate Rose stays awake at night thinking about her family’s oceanfront home perched perilously on the edge of the eroded shoreline.

Orlando Sentinel

Colorado wildfires are making it harder to insure homes. Could a publicly funded plan stave off an insurance crisis?

The increasing risk of wildfires in Colorado is driving insurance carriers to raise premiums on homeowners’ policies — if they decide to insure them at all — and now the state’s insurance chief is suggesting a publicly funded pool of money be established to provide property insurance for those who…

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Thanks to Ian, Floridians will pay more for insurance next year

Hurricane Ian didn’t break Florida’s property insurance market.

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Fort Myers Beach Residents Salvage Cherished Items From Ian Ruins

Before thousands of people evacuated their homes ahead of Hurricane Ian's arrival in Florida, they placed their valuables as high as possible, hoping they would stay safe throughout the storm

Al Jazeera

Hurricane Ian deals blow to Florida’s shaky insurance sector

About 12 percent of Florida residents have no homeowners’ insurance – rates are far higher than in the rest of the US.

The Independent UK

Ian deals blow to Florida's teetering insurance sector

Florida’s home insurance market was already on shaky ground

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Auto insurance costs Floridians more than nearly everywhere else in the US, study finds

Floridians on average pay the second-highest share of their incomes on auto insurance premiums, according to a tally of data from price comparison website Bankrate.com.

Kiplinger

How to File Tornado Insurance Claims

Tornadoes have caused billions in damage over the decades. If you were affected, make sure you document your losses and contact your insurer immediately.

Kiplinger

Your Tree, Your Neighbor’s Property: Whose Insurance Pays?

How to be a good neighbor when your tree drops by uninvited.

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