Congress is under pressure to subsidize flood insurance costs for low-income households after the federal government announced last week that it would increase flood insurance premiums for millions of homeowners.

Eight people were hurt and one person is unaccounted for after an explosion and second-alarm fire at an Ohio paint plant early Thursday.

Florida’s property insurance market posted one of its worst financial performances in 2020, even without a hurricane making landfall in the Sunshine State, and policyholders are starting to pay the price.

Part of a multimillion-dollar waterfront mansion near Mattapoisett Harbor is significantly damaged after a fire broke out in the house Tuesday afternoon.

Farmers Insurance has entered into a settlement agreement with the state of Oklahoma over earthquake claims that went unpaid.

Officials say drones may have detected a second breach in a Florida wastewater reservoir containment wall that could collapse -- creating what the governor has called a "real catastrophic flood situation."

April kicks off what is typically the most active and dangerous three months of the year for tornadoes in the United States. As 2021 has already proven, damaging tornadoes can strike in any month.

Some of the heaviest rainfall in Nashville’s history caused flooding that killed at least four people over the weekend.

Not many speak of the elephant in the insurance room, even though there are thousands of them: condominium policies.

At least five deaths and multiple injuries have been reported in Calhoun County, Alabama, after a tornado passed through the area Thursday afternoon, Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew Wade told CNN.

The owner of a Greensburg rental property damaged by a fire Friday afternoon said he is awaiting an insurance adjuster’s report to determine his next step.

Chubb Limited is offering to buy The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. for about US$23 billion.

A massive fireworks explosion that left two people dead in Southern California earlier this week caused at least $3.2 million worth of damage, officials said Friday.

Severe storms came through Alabama on Wednesday, leaving a trail of splintered trees and damaged buildings. Preliminary information indicates 18 tornadoes touched down in Alabama on St. Patrick’s Day.

The forest fire that burned 170 acres, damaged homes and critically injured a firefighter in New Jersey is 100% contained, according to officials.