Why Power Outages Do More Economic Damage Than We Think January 27, 2026 By Leslie Kaufman The day after a major winter storm swept across the US, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses remained without...
LA Fire Survivors Got a Rude Surprise That Could Hit More Americans January 20, 2026 By Leslie Kaufman A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, many survivors face the same problem: Their insurance policies aren’t paying out enough...
Senators Launch Probe Into Demotech’s Ratings in Florida December 23, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman Three US senators opened an inquiry into insurance ratings firm Demotech and whether its assessments may be exposing Fannie Mae...
Poorer Americans Dropped Federal Flood Insurance When Rates Rose December 17, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman When the US Federal Emergency Management Agency overhauled rates for millions of homeowners in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP),...
The World’s Plastic Glut Is Set to Get Much Worse by 2040, Study Finds December 4, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies, humans...
How ‘Super Roofs’ Reward Insurers, Cat Bond Investors and Homeowners December 1, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman As the Trump administration stalls federal funding for projects intended to make states more resilient to climate change and private...
Americans Are Moving Out of Flood-Prone Neighborhoods November 6, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman The American neighborhoods with the highest risk of floods are again losing residents. For the first time since 2019, high-risk...
Lawmakers Press FEMA on the Future of US Flood Insurance September 29, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman Two Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration about its management of the National Flood Insurance Program after cuts at...
How Much Does a Heat Wave Cost? Insurers and CEOs Want to Know July 1, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman When a hurricane or a wildfire strikes, the economic damage is usually very visible — roofs are ripped off or...
Trump Can’t End FEMA But It Needs Reform, Says Obama’s FEMA Head June 17, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he intends to whittle down or phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and...