#shorts On 9/7/2023, during Senate hearing, experts who testified before the committee said that home insurance premiums are up an average of 26.4% nationwide over the past few months and by as much as 120% in some markets. Florida homeowners, who pay an average of $4,200, have higher premiums than Louisiana, whose consumers pay an average of $2,038. The national average is $1,331, according to the the R Street Institute, a policy think tank that describes itself as center-right politically. The question to slow the surprising increase in the cost of homeowners’ insurance, is it better state regulation and more federal involvement? Some advocates argued the Senate committee looking at the impact of climate change on property insurance premiums.

No, countered supporters of the insurers, the goal should be to ratchet back unnecessary regulation and make it harder for homeowners from suing companies when dissatisfied with how their claims were handled. At least five large U.S. property insurers have stopped taking new customers, telling regulators that extreme weather patterns is the reason. Companies in some regions are selling more expensive policies that cover less and have higher deductibles.

Norris and Heller also said the government should spend more to help owners make their homes more resilient, so they’d have less damages insurers would have to cover.

The federal government should start selling reinsurance to help keep prices stable, said Michelle Norris, executive vice president of National Church Residences, a national group based in Columbus, Ohio, that provides income restricted and senior living apartments around the nation.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/BmqyrDM9mPI
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