As climate risks grow, the new Insurability Readiness Matrix could help insurers, policymakers and communities spot when ...

A new, AI-assisted model of insurance is quietly exploding in disaster-prone areas—and may be coming for FEMA too. Is it the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A house in flames during the Park Fire in Tehama County, Calif., July 26. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images) For Diane Wolf and ...

As the wildfires in Los Angeles tear through hillsides, raze neighborhoods and displace residents, it's too early to know how vast the destruction will be when the last of the flames is put out.

Many homeowners hit by devastating Michigan floods had no insurance and no idea they were at risk — underscoring ...

Americans in hurricane-prone states have faced an onslaught of severe storms in recent years, and this season was no different. Storms ravaged the southeastern United States, with estimates of $500 ...

When Miguel Zablah bought his five-bedroom home in Miami’s leafy Shenandoah neighborhood in June of 2020, he said he paid $7,000 a year for homeowner’s insurance. The house, built in 1923, sits on ...

The climate catastrophe not only kills people with fires and floods, it also bankrupts them by annihilating their homes – ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Marina Jurica joined CBS News Los Angeles in September 2023 after ...

Heat insurance is a relatively new form of climate-risk protection that financially supports individuals, families, workers, or businesses affected by severe heatwaves.