Home insurance companies remove natural disaster coverage from policies as risk rises

Home insurance - Natural Disaster damage of homes

As the impact of climate change becomes increasingly costly to insurers, they are reducing protection. Some of the United States’ largest home insurance companies are announcing that the increasingly frequent and severe weather caused by climate change is leading them to raise premiums and remove certain coverages relating to natural disaster protection. Major insurers are increasingly finding themselves facing an unmanageable risk from natural disasters. That said, this type of decision is leading home insurance customers in some of the most vulnerable areas without the coverage they require the most.…

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This auto insurance company was rated the top option by Consumer Reports

Auto insurance - Top Rated Company

The most recent survey identified a spectrum of new trends including the top four insurers. Consumer Reports has conducted two recent auto insurance surveys, one of which had a more limited sample, while the second had a notably more substantial number of participants. Each of the surveys looked into the way consumers feel and interact with their insurers. The first Consumer Reports survey was limited to its own subscribers, thought that is still a respectable figure higher than 40,000 people. The participants offered almost 50,000 responses on factors associated with…

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