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Frequent natural disasters and high inflation have led insurers to raise premiums, and forced many customers to pare back their policies. By Emily Flitter Robert Shiver’s bill for his homeowner ...

Buying your first home is a major milestone. However, it comes with major financial responsibilities, including protecting your home with homeowners insurance. While many first-time buyers focus on ...

After three tornadoes stemming from remnants of Hurricane Beryl touched down in western New York Wednesday, causing significant damage to homes, you may be wondering what your homeowners insurance ...

When Joy Sharp built a new home in the small coastal community of Wilmington, North Carolina, about eight years ago, her homeowners insurance cost was a relatively modest $1,400. That was then. Now, ...

Homeowners across the nation are seeing rising home insurance costs. It's normal for these rates to go up about 5% every year, according to Consumer Reports, but they went up an average of 12% in 2023 ...

Robert Shiver, who reduced his home’s insurance coverage when the bill more than doubled, stands in front of his house in Valrico, Fla. on Jan. 16, 2024. Insurers’ losses from natural disasters topped ...

As homeowners survey the damage from the wildfires that tore through Southern California this month, it's tough to peg how ...