6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (679+ words) Colorado lawmakers want to impose a per-policy fee on home insurance providers to raise $20 million a year for a program that would provide grants to homeowners to protect their properties against hail. The hope is that the program will protect…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (565+ words) After a failed effort last session, Colorado lawmakers are making another attempt at bringing down the cost of homeowners insurance. In the last five years the average premium in the state has gone up 65%, according to the National Association of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (887+ words) Bob Wolff thought he did everything right when mitigating the fire danger around his home at Animas Air Park ahead of what officials expect could be an active wildfire season. The mitigation work he has been doing " namely removing flammable…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (182+ words) Another warm, dry winter has residents, fire departments and insurance providers worried in La Plata County. Insurance rates have more than doubled in Colorado since 2018, according to Colorado State University's Regional Economic Development Institute. Additionally, insurance policy non-renewal rates grew…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago  (435+ words) New Mexico homeowners facing skyrocketing insurance premiums and policy cancellations could benefit from federal legislation aimed at understanding how wildfires drive the insurance crisis affecting one in eight properties in the state. U. S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N. M. , and Sen. Tim Sheehy,…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (200+ words) A new study shows that Colorado ranks sixth among states with the highest annual average homeowners insurance premium, placing it among the top 10 states across the country. Colorado's ranking fits squarely in Montezuma County, where the affordability of housing remains…...