Uninsurable Future: Managing the Climate-Change-Fueled Home Insurance Crisis October 8, 2026 By Scott St. George On January 7 2025, an ill wind began to blow down the mountain canyons north of Los Angeles. Upland forests...
Will California’s New Smoke Claims Law Create a Recovery Bottleneck? October 8, 2026 By Don Jergler Where there’s smoke there’s fire, but is the reverse true? The presumption in California could be that it is. One...
Weather Damage Turning Into Long-Term Debt for Homeowners: Report October 7, 2026 A new report revealed half of U.S. homeowners paid out of pocket for weather damage the past three years, and...
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...