Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the housing market, homeowners insurance has become the embodiment of the effects of climate change. Over the past several ...

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California regulators approved initial rules for corporate climate disclosures, with debate over insurer exemptions taking ...

Home insurance is a vital safeguard for protecting one of the most valuable assets many people own. However, in recent years, homeowners in climate risk areas have been facing steep increases in their ...

As private insurers pull back services in the face of mounting losses, governments are looking to spread the costs of more frequent and severe natural disasters while confronting insurance ...

Climate change is beginning to reshape the housing market in North Carolina. A new national study projects that more than two-thirds of counties in the state could see home values drop in the coming ...

New Hanover, Brunswick, and Pender counties are among the most at-risk in North Carolina due to converging climate risks and insurance market stress. Home insurance premiums in these counties are ...

In the housing market, homeowners insurance has become the embodiment of the effects of climate change. Over the past several years, more frequent and more expensive severe weather events have ...