SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A number of new laws pertaining to homeowners' insurance go into effect January 1. As the struggle with ...

Home insurance costs jumped 62% from 2022 to 2025, based on our analysis, and rising rates are expected to continue in 2026. The average cost for 14 large home insurance companies increased by about ...

Home insurance costs are soaring. Learn how to cut your premium in 2026 with expert-backed tips, from smart shopping to roof upgrades.

Melissa Hudson says she was stunned last year when the insurance premiums on her home in Port Orchard, Wash., shot up 40 percent—even though she’d intentionally bought a home at low risk for fire, ...

This first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. Three decades ago, Nancy Wallace narrowly escaped death in what was then California's most destructive wildfire. Since then, ...

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Texas lawmakers hope to rein in homeowners’ rising insurance bills even as they acknowledge there’s only so much they can do to tackle costs. Legislators have advanced bills to limit how much ...

With the widespread recent media attention around the insurance crisis in Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry recently expressed his frustration with insurance rates, up on average another 6 percent in 2024.

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Right now, hundreds of families in Brevard County are recovering from massive flooding to their homes, but many are learning the hard way that their insurance won’t cover this ...

Colorado legislators are hoping that imposing a new 1% fee on homeowners insurance will help stabilize the state’s increasingly volatile marketplace. A bill proposal is making its way through the ...