Your home insurance feels secure until disaster strikes and coverage falls short. Hidden deep within insurance records lie errors, omissions and outdated information that can derail claims, inflate ...

The insurance market is becoming increasingly unstable because of powerful natural disasters. The Southern California wildfires, which caused billions of dollars in damages in January, are just one of ...

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, ...

The first thing you see when you walk into the Collaboratory in Altadena is a wall of devastation. A floor-to-ceiling map of every lot lost to the Eaton fire in January — 9,413 structures. Each marked ...

The Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1 and ends on Nov. 30, marking the time of year when Louisiana is susceptible and prone to tropical storms. Hurricanes can cause severe damage throughout ...

Homeowners often assume the stressful part ends when you close on a house and secure an insurance policy. In reality, one of the most consequential inspections happens after you move in, when your ...

Homeowners insurance has traditionally been a background cost of owning a home, but in many markets, it is becoming a defining factor in housing affordability. Recent industry research and real estate ...

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

With natural disasters being a relatively common problem in Florida, it’s little surprise how much of an issue it can be to find an effective homeowner’s insurance provider. That’s why U.S. News & ...