Thousands of Minnesotans spent Friday talking with insurance agents. Thursday's hailstorm caused major damage to homes, cars, and boats. But getting the repairs done at the auto shop may take longer than people would hope. The hail only lasted a few minutes but left lasting damage.

Heading into a special session to address the state's troubled property-insurance market, legislative leaders said late Friday they will focus on issues such as roof-damage claims, litigation and reinsurance.

High winds, drought conditions and extreme temperatures have caused a series of wildfires in Texas, including one that the authorities on Thursday said had destroyed about 30 structures and burned more than 9,000 acres.

Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has been named in a lawsuit which alleges that the commissioner violated the law by enabling home insurers to change consumers' policies. The lawsuit, filed in Leon County by the Restoration Association of Florida (RAF) and home remediation contractor Air Quality Assessors, looks to reverse a recently-enacted policy change.

A monster blaze churning in northern New Mexico for more than a month has blackened enough acreage to earn a place in the state's record books. Aside from being the largest wildfire currently burning in the U.S., the fire moving over the Sangre de Cristo mountain range is now the largest in the arid state's recorded history.

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The First Street Foundation has expanded its portfolio of peer reviewed, property specific, climate adjusted physical risk models with the launch of the First Street Foundation Wildfire Model, estimating the risk of wildfire on a property-by-property basis across the United States today, and up to 30 years into the future.

The death toll has risen to three after storms packing hurricane force winds and at least one tornado tore through parts of the Midwest and Northern Plains Thursday.

A wildfire near Laguna Beach, California, has already destroyed 20 homes and will likely continue to ravage the region throughout the day.

In some areas of the Southeast, such as Florida, the housing market is booming, but with hurricanes and other natural disasters posing annual threats, the true cost of owning a home in the region may be largely unknown.

The soul of this Florida Panhandle city lives in the Tanyard, a 200-year-old neighborhood so steeped in history that locals give it an extra capital 'T' -- as in 'The Tanyard.' It has also seen big-T troubles: Jim Crow-era segregation, heavy industrialization, multiple hurricane batterings, and a half-century of disinvestment and blight.

A beach home along North Carolina's Outer Banks collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday, May 10, and the National Park Service fears more are likely to fall in the coming days.

Atlanta homeowners could pay more for insurance if a firefighter shortage continues. The department is down close to 200 firefighters as they leave for better and safer jobs.

Loss control strategies had to pivot amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and while many insurance carriers reverted to 'Old School' loss control inspections via the phone, some took it even further, industry experts share during a Canadian Underwriter webinar.

Multiple significant tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma and adjacent north Texas late Wednesday, destroying structures while storm chasers jammed roadways. Hail as large as baseballs and torrential rain also accompanied the storms, which brought dozens of reports of flooding in eastern Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas.

Wind-whipped flames raced across more of New Mexico's pine-covered mountainsides on Monday, closing in on a town of 13,000 people where some residents hurried to pack their cars with belongings, others hustled to clear brush from around their homes, and police were called in to help evacuate the state's psychiatric hospital.