Month: August 2024

States are bowing to home insurers’ demands for insurance rate increases and lesser consumer protections to prevent residents from losing coverage. In the past year, one state stopped vetoing rate requests, while others allowed insurers to reduce storm coverage or expand the types of associated costs when setting rates. A recent Wall Street Journal analysis …

Private information belonging to nearly 73 million people was recently discovered for sale on the dark web. They all had one very important aspect in common—they were all customers of AT&T, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the United States. Exposed data included personal identification numbers (PIN) and Social Security numbers, significantly increasing the …

If your home or business has been damaged in a natural disaster, you may feel thankful that you purchased insurance beforehand.  However, you may find that your insurance may not cover your losses.  The fine language of exclusions and riders often determines the actual coverage of the insurance policy.   An insurance policy may cover natural …