Ten states -- Louisiana, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia -- as well as additional plaintiffs, are suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) over its new methodology for pricing flood insurance, Risk Rating 2.0.

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission initiated a sweeping inquiry of Hawaiian Electric Co. this week, and, among other things, ordered the utility to reveal by Monday any liability insurance the company has available to cover legal claims related to the Aug. 8 fires on Maui.

Millions of American homeowners are confronting a growing financial dilemma as climate change-driven wildfires and floods push their home insurance rates to unprecedented levels. The situation is compounded when insurers decide to withdraw coverage.

Conservation groups in Oregon are suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency over its flood-insurance program, which they say puts fish, orcas and people at risk.

San Francisco might not be the only California colossus in a so-called 'doom loop.' The property and casualty insurance market is experiencing a crisis of its own, and the consequences are dire for the entire state economy.

Severe storms in Alberta and the Prairies this summer resulted in more than $300 million in insured losses, according to initial estimates from the Insurance Bureau of Canada.

A recent survey conducted by the Insurance Information Institute has shed light on a growing trend among Florida homeowners. As insurance premiums continue to soar in the state, more and more residents are choosing to self-insure their homes.

The U.S. government is investing over $7 billion in the coming years to try to manage the nation's escalating wildfire crisis.

Increases in federal flood insurance premiums that are projected to surpass 700% over the coming years are already leading people to back out of home purchases and will likely lead to an exodus of residents and businesses from southern Louisiana, officials told a federal judge Thursday in New Orleans.

A rumored legislative deal aimed at keeping home insurance companies from bailing on California is dead now that the deadline for a bill has passed.

Tina Baker has lived in her Shore Acres neighborhood in St. Petersburg for more than four years. She's watched as her neighbors homes have flooded several times during that period, but her home has never flooded, while she's been there, until Hurricane Idalia.

The state of Florida will experience hurricanes. That is a reality that residents, government, businesses, and the insurance industry understands.

Heavy rainfall -- nearly 10 inches in six hours -- flooded parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, with two communities declaring a state of emergency as water poured into homes and forced boat rescues of residents. Concern about a dam listed in poor condition led to more evacuations.

A coalition of consumer, environmental, and economic justice organizations is sounding the alarm on what they describe as a secretive wildfire insurance deal that could lead to significant rate hikes in California.

Another major insurance company plans to impose new restrictions on its homeowners business in California, potentially worsening the state's growing insurance woes and making it more difficult for homeowners and buyers to cover their residences.