All the smoke and fire year in and year out adds up to New Mexico having the nation's 13th-highest home insurance rates, a new QuoteWizard study shows. The other 12 are all in Tornado Alley or prime hurricane territory.

As home insurers abandon California due to devastating wildfires, some worry Colorado could be next. "It's something we need to be prepared for what the future could look like if we don't help the market stabilize and keep insurance companies here," said Colorado Insurance Commissioner Mike Conway.

On June 28, the Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision finding Lexington Insurance Company ('Lexington') breached its policy with homeowner Cynthia Franklin. Franklin's home has sustained damage in a May 2016 storm for which she submitted a claim with Lexington.

When questioned by members of Congress, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said its new update to the nation's flood insurance program will prompt more people to sign up for coverage, even though many will pay more for it.

The latest monthly data from CaseGlide shows a resurgence in newly litigated property insurance claims at Florida's largest P&C insurers, while the percentage of litigated claims related to the assignment of benefits (AOB) rose further.

After the CZU Lightning Complex Fires ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020, Sarah Mapel's home was one of the few in her Boulder Creek neighborhood left standing.

Mercury Insurance's special investigations unit has discovered fraudulent claims reported for smoke and ash damage all filed by the same public adjuster.

After the CZU Lightning Complex Fires ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020, Sarah Mapel's home was one of the few in her Boulder Creek neighborhood left standing. But after returning to the three-bedroom house built out of old-growth redwood, Mapel found wildfire smoke had inundated the interior and ruined most of her belongings.

A severe thunderstorm knocked out power to more than 100,000 homes in Baltimore, Carroll and Harford counties Tuesday, according to Baltimore Gas and Electric.

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A confirmed tornado, given a preliminary rating of EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, ripped through southwestern Ohio on Wednesday as severe thunderstorms rumbled through the region.

An explosion leveled at least one home and damaged several others early Wednesday in Victorville. The explosion was reported just before 3 a.m. in the 14900 block of Adalane Court in Victorville. One house was completely leveled by the explosion, which also sparked a fire at the home next door and damaged several homes across the street.

In the insurance context, the concurrent cause doctrine provides that there is insurance coverage available when a covered (non-excluded) cause is a substantial factor in producing a loss, even though an excluded cause may have contributed in some form to the ultimate result.

Nebraskans have watched severe weather track across the state in waves since May, devastating some areas multiple times. In Kearney, Realtor Patrick Slack can only shake his head at the damage. A commercial building was so badly pummeled by hail that the loss was larger than the sale price, Slack said.

A New Jersey appeals court overturned a lower court and ruled against an Atlantic City casino and in favor of units of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd., American International Group Inc. and Allianz SE in COVID-19-related business interruption coverage Thursday.