Avery Ellfeldt

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) turned the Budget panel into a hub of global warming work. That’s expected to change with Republicans in charge.

Insurance for Good unites leading researchers to determine how to keep people housed and insured after major disasters.

A small number of fast-moving wildfires cause almost all the property damage by forcing firefighters to focus on saving lives.

Officials fear the state-chartered insurer will drain its reserves and impose assessments on every insurer in Texas.

The race for North Carolina insurance commissioner is a hot topic following Hurricane Helene and a proposal to double some premiums.

Insurance companies buy coverage to protect themselves against financial losses. Higher costs for those corporate policies could hit homeowners.

Some counties could see as much as a 99 percent premium hike. The debate comes less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the state.

Only 2 percent of households in flooded parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina can get insurance payments.

SBA loans for disaster repairs far exceed FEMA aid, improve households’ financial stability and avoid “debt spiral,” Chicago Fed finds.

A new report shows that larger distances between houses spared some from destruction.