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Nearly 33M Coastal Homes at Risk From ‘Very Active’ Hurricane Season, Report Says | Insurify

Hurricane season is here, and more than 32.7 million homes on the U.S. Gulf and East Coasts are at risk from hurricane damage. If the almost unimaginable happened and all sustained catastrophic damage, it would cost nearly $11 trillion to rebuild them, according to a new report by

Does Early Storm Data Herald a Harrowing Hail Season Ahead? | Insurify

If severe weather events are as persistent through the summer as they were the first few months of the year, the 2024 U.S. hail season may be well on its way to breaking records — not to mention windshields and windows. Hailstorm activity increased nearly 74% year over year in

Florida Counties Retain Federal Flood Insurance Discounts | Insurify

Pinellas, Estero, Cape Coral, Fort Myers Beach, and unincorporated Lee County are holding onto their National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) discounts for now. Floridians pay some of the highest rates for flood insurance, at $958 annually. FEMA’s Community Rating System (CRS) program offers conditional discounts for NFIP policyholders in

Top 10 States Most Vulnerable to Hail Damage in 2026 | Insurify

Hail isn’t often a headline-grabbing weather event, but it causes about $1.07 billion in property damage across the U.S. every year, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hail-related property losses are likely to break some records in 2024 — as of July 1, the total

US Hit With 20 Billion-Dollar Climate Disasters So Far in 2024 | Insurify

Sobering statistics show the U.S. has experienced 396 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980. Overall insured and uninsured losses from these events exceed $2.780 trillion. So far this year, the U.S. has sustained 20 weather events with losses of $1 billion or more. Hurricane season

Thousands of US Communities Forgo Federal Flood Insurance | Insurify

Catastrophic inland flooding in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee has made headlines across the country in recent months. Severe flooding in areas not typically associated with flood problems may have Americans wondering if they should buy federal flood insurance. But National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) coverage may not be

Severe Flood Risk Threatens Over One-Third of Global Population, Report Finds | Insurify

Recent hurricanes Helene and Milton poured trillions of gallons of rainwater across multiple states, causing catastrophic flooding. But the problem of increasingly elevated flood risk isn’t unique to the U.S. Changing weather patterns, population movement, and other factors affecting inland and coastal waters expose 3 in 10 people