Homeowners' Insurance

No hurricane-strength storms have formed yet this year in the Atlantic basin, but the limiting activity isn’t certain to continue.

By Ann Carrns

We decode the jargon and explain how to get the coverage your home needs.

By Rosie Guerin, Caira Blackwell and Christine Cyr Clisset

Sometimes sellers want to stay in a home for a little while after the deal is done.

By Jill Terreri Ramos

As wildfires intensify, threatening more people, a nonprofit is studying how to rethink homes and neighborhoods to prevent catastrophe.

By Mira Rojanasakul

Before you go live in someone else’s house, and have them live in yours, make sure everyone is covered.

By Jill Terreri Ramos

Regulators say the penalty is the highest ever sought, but a cap on each violation would soften the blow for California’s largest insurer.

By Rukmini Callimachi and Blacki Migliozzi

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York, acknowledging that landlords are struggling with rising costs, said a cheaper “publicly backed” program would aim to insure 100,000 homes by 2030.

By Mihir Zaveri

The soil keeps shifting in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. For the right buyer, that presents a great opportunity, at least for the time being.

By Mimi Dwyer

War is polluting the skies and waterways in Iran, and experts are warning that the conflict’s environmental effects could extend beyond the country.

By David Gelles

In many states, homeowners with “excellent” credit scores are charged less for home insurance than those with worse scores, even if they live in a disaster-prone area.

By Claire Brown and Mira Rojanasakul