With more severe weather in the forecast, the Hawaiʻi Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Insurance Division ...

Average flood insurance payouts climbing above $32,000 change the stakes of how you think about water risk at home. Instead of a nuisance add‑on to your homeowners policy, flood coverage now sits much ...

Flood coverage now averages roughly $947 a year nationwide, which means you are weighing a four-figure line item against the risk of a single storm wiping out your home’s equity. You face that choice ...

Westwood’s Gabriel Salazar on how builders are using mitigation, embedded insurance and carrier alignment to secure insurability and stabilize premiums.

The uptake of flood insurance in Kenya is still low, as is the case with many other classes of insurance, despite the ...

Home insurance rates have risen faster than inflation in 44 states and the District of Columbia over the past five years.

The new designation reflects the city’s work to improve drainage planning, flood mitigation and floodplain management, Mayor ...

California could be a testing ground for a carrot-and-stick approach to preventing the collapse of insurance markets as ...

California is throwing everything it has at its insurance crisis, but the state government still can’t seem to move the needle. Insurance prices have gone up by 16 percent in the last two years, and ...

ROANOKE CO., Va. – What may just look like lines on a map, could mean hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year for some homeowners. New preliminary flood maps released by the Federal Emergency ...

For the first time in nearly two decades, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated floodplain maps for the Houston area. Many locals are now raising concerns about the potential impact the ...

A 90-day clock began on or around Feb. 19 for Huron County property owners to review and appeal updated FEMA flood maps that could affect flood risk status and future insurance costs. The updated maps ...