A Premium Crisis: Climate Change Threatens Homeowner’s Insurance, Housing, and Financial Stability – Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
A Climate-Driven Systemic Crisis Climate change is rapidly destabilizing the US homeowner’s insurance system, creating major challenges for policymakers concerned with housing affordability and financial stability. Hurricanes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes,...more
A Climate-Driven Systemic Crisis Climate change is rapidly destabilizing the US homeowner’s insurance system, creating major challenges for policymakers concerned with housing affordability and financial stability. Hurricanes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes, severe hail, and other climate disasters are wreaking havoc on US residential properties, causing billions of dollars in damages, burdening both homeowners and home insurers. As extreme weather events and natural disasters grow in frequency and severity, residential property losses are surging, insurance claims payouts are soaring, and…
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