Homeowners insurance gives many people peace of mind, but that protection depends on following the rules in your policy.

Your home insurance feels secure until disaster strikes and coverage falls short. Hidden deep within insurance records lie errors, omissions and outdated information that can derail claims, inflate ...

A rare and deadly atmospheric river hit the South and Midwest over the weekend, dumping as much as 20 inches of rain in parts of Arkansas, Kentucky and Missouri. At least 18 people were killed and ...

Laura Morris’s house in Greenville, S.C., survived the punishing winds and rain of Hurricane Helene in September 2024. While her neighbors had trees fall on their houses or in their yards, her house ...

Melissa Hudson says she was stunned last year when the insurance premiums on her home in Port Orchard, Wash., shot up 40 percent—even though she’d intentionally bought a home at low risk for fire, ...

Shauna Ursery-Syms moves a box of donations at the Collaboratory, a multiagency relief center in Altadena connecting residents with resources for food, housing, permitting, mental health and childcare ...

The first thing you see when you walk into the Collaboratory in Altadena is a wall of devastation. A floor-to-ceiling map of every lot lost to the Eaton fire in January — 9,413 structures. Each marked ...