Home insurance costs are soaring. Learn how to cut your premium in 2026 with expert-backed tips, from smart shopping to roof upgrades.

Home insurance costs continue to rise, introducing a new factor to the housing affordability equation and impacting homebuyers.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A number of new laws pertaining to homeowners' insurance go into effect January 1. As the struggle with ...

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Texas lawmakers hope to rein in homeowners’ rising insurance bills even as they acknowledge there’s only so much they can do to tackle costs. Legislators have advanced bills to limit how much ...

With the widespread recent media attention around the insurance crisis in Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry recently expressed his frustration with insurance rates, up on average another 6 percent in 2024.

Colorado legislators are hoping that imposing a new 1% fee on homeowners insurance will help stabilize the state’s increasingly volatile marketplace. A bill proposal is making its way through the ...