Texas homeowners’ insurance rates are rising fast, and there is little the Texas Legislature or anyone else can do to slow them down. Average premiums for Texans have jumped 43% since 2023 and will ...

It’s getting more expensive to protect your home in North Texas. Homeowners insurance premiums increased 22% in 2024, according to the Texas Department of Insurance, and insurance companies have had ...

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A damaged piano remains within other debris collected after a tornado moved through Valley View in May 2024. Multiple people were killed in Texas and many others injured around the Denton-Cooke County ...

It is only a matter of time before the property insurance crisis, which has already affected California and Florida, reaches Texas, according to experts. As coverage becomes increasingly unaffordable ...

Homes in a north Fort Worth subdivision stretch into the distance 2022. Texas Lawmakers continue to look at ways to cut property taxes and increase homestead exemptions, but there’s another part of ...

DALLAS — A policy change: Last year, I reported on a phenomenon where the fourth-largest home insurer in Texas (Farmers Insurance) was sending out notices to some covered homeowners, telling them they ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On Thursday morning, the organization “Unlocking America’s Future,” released an eight-page report detailing the struggles Texans face with home insurance. In conjunction with the ...

Texas lawmakers have few options to drive down rising home insurance costs. DALLAS — Texas lawmakers hope to rein in homeowners’ rising insurance bills even as they acknowledge there’s only so much ...

Wind, hail, and the cost of roof repair is making it more expensive to insure a home in North Texas. Amanda McCoy [email protected] It’s getting more expensive to protect your home in North ...