AM Best: US Home Insurers in 2025 Book First Underwriting Profit in Seven Years September 29, 2026 By Chad Hemenway U.S. homeowners multiperil insurers reversed a $1.3 billion underwriting loss in 2024 to post an underwriting profit of $16.5 billion...
Viewpoint: How Central Valley Agencies Are Serving Clients After State Farm’s Pullback September 29, 2026 By Guy M. Miligi California property insurance shopping has changed its order of operations. Five years ago, a homeowner or small-business owner who called...
FEMA’s New Flood Maps Means More Homes Require Flood Insurance: Cotality September 21, 2026 New changes to FEMA’s flood maps means that thousands more residential properties are now located within the high-risk Special Flood...
Florida Home Sellers Cutting Prices Adds to Pressure on Lennar September 18, 2026 By Dina Katgara Lennar Corp. highlighted yet another challenge for homebuilders that have been contending with sluggish demand and high mortgage rates: price...
California Governor Signs Act to Create Smoke Damage Presumption September 15, 2026 California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed legislation establishing standards for investigating, testing and restoring smoke-damaged homes. Newsom signed Assembly...
Race is on in North Carolina to Restore Critical Peatland Before it is Gone September 14, 2026 By Tammy Webber and Joshua A. Bickel The birds are up with the sunrise — warblers, flycatchers, sparrows and towhees calling across the treetops. Deer browse on...
Bamboo Insurance Targets $3.24 Billion Valuation in IPO September 14, 2026 By Pragyan Kalita and Pritam Biswas CVC-backed Bamboo Insurance Services is targeting a valuation of up to $3.24 billion on a fully diluted basis in its...
Northern California Braces for Power Shutoffs Amid Fire Risk September 11, 2026 By Naureen S. Malik and Lauren Rosenthal Nearly a dozen counties in Northern California face an elevated risk of power shutoffs this weekend as extreme heat and...
Viewpoint: After 3 Years of Retreat, Insurance Capacity Is Returning to California September 10, 2026 By Attila Toth For the first time in three years, capacity is returning to the California homeowners insurance market. The clearest evidence is...
Insured Loss Estimates Top $600M From Washington Fires, Testing New Commissioner September 8, 2026 By Don Jergler The wildfires that plagued Washington for nearly half the summer put new Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer and her office to...