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As Climate Crisis Upended Homeowners Insurance, the Industry Resisted Regulation
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (762+ words) When an international organization sought to create guidelines on climate risk, insurance lobbying groups pushed back. Researchers including those at the Harvard Business School echoed that conclusion: "Climate change is causing turbulence in homeowner insurance markets, as a growing number…...
Trump’s Anti-Climate Policies Are Driving Up Insurance Costs for Homeowners, Say Experts
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (924+ words) Tariffs, extreme weather events and the president's funding cuts are contributing to increasing rates, sometimes by double digits. An increasing number of American homeowners are linking those increases to climate change. A majority of them (72%) say that natural disasters such…...
On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, Residents Fume as Insurers Hike Rates and Invest in Fossil Fuel Projects
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1036+ words) Locals face a perfect storm " they can't afford insurance and climate change threatens their livelihood. But his life and livelihood have been upended in recent years by the proliferation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the region " once the…...