Severe Convective Storms (“SCS”) are one of the most common and most damaging natural catastrophes in the United States. SCSs are intense atmospheric disturbances that can cause powerful winds, large ...

A 10% reduction in title insurance premiums was recently ordered by the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), with the regulator citing profit ratios that were deemed to be excessive. The mandate is ...

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 ...

Texas homeowners are struggling to find and keep insurance coverage as carriers pull back from certain zip codes and raise rates by double digits in others. Even Cassie Brown, the commissioner of the ...

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 ...

HOUSTON – In recent years, Texas homeowners have faced a daunting challenge: skyrocketing home insurance premiums. This issue has become increasingly pressing, particularly following a series of ...

Texas has joined Louisiana and Florida as the states with the highest home insurance rates as coverage areas continue to shrink. Houston Chronicle reporter Megan Kimble, speaking on Houston Matters, ...

Many North Texans worry the state is becoming unaffordable. With each rise in home insurance premiums, some wonder whether they'll be able to stay in their home for the foreseeable future. Many have ...

Across Central Texas, recovery is continuing in communities devastated by floods, but it will be a long and expensive road ahead. In the Big Sandy Creek area, crews are documenting and accounting for ...

AUSTIN Texas Mutual Insurance Company, a policyholder-owned company and the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, has distributed $330 million in general dividends to almost 73, ...

Zaire Harris thought it was just another Monday. Working from his fourth-floor apartment at The Cooper on West Rosedale Street, Harris barely registered the fire alarm when it began blaring about 1:30 ...