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PublishedSeptember 5, 2024
Maui wildfire survivors say insurers are failing to clean up toxic damage to their homes
Dangerous fire residue contaminated nearly everything in homes that didn't burn.
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PublishedJune 24, 2024
Nonprofit’s $500 grants help cut residents’ home insurance costs after wildfire
Five years after the 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed 90% of the homes here, residents of Paradise, California, face a new struggle: Finding homeowner's insurance.
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PublishedJune 20, 2024
Maine home insurance rates are rising. Blame climate change.
More frequent and intense weather extremes and rising sea levels will drive up Maine home insurance premiums by 19% this year, the second-highest increase in the U.S., a recent report says.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2024
Saco roofing contractor cited for safety violations is accused of failing to provide workers’ comp
Found not guilty of workplace manslaughter after a roofer fell to his death in 2018, Shawn Purvis was back before a judge Wednesday, this time facing charges from the Maine Workers' Compensation Board.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2024
Senate report blasts high-end life insurance plans as $40 billion ‘tax dodge’
The report sheds new light on a long-obscure segment of the insurance market and signals a possible new front for Democrats on tax legislation.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2024
Gardiner business owners gut-punched by flood insurance revelations
They had no reason to believe their insurance policies wouldn’t cover flood damage. Now they are on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars in repairs.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2023
Drivers squeezed as auto insurance costs soar across the U.S.
Premiums have kept climbing even as other types of inflation have cooled, as vehicle maintenance costs and used car prices has increased recently.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2023
Mainers with long-term care insurance facing hefty premium increases
Pending rate requests from various insurance policies for long-term care go as high as 152%.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2023
Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow
Major insurers say they will cut out damage caused by hurricanes, wind, and hail from policies underwriting property along coastlines and in wildfire country, according to a voluntary survey conducted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2022
Ian deals blow to Florida’s teetering insurance sector
Even before last week's hurricane, Florida's home insurance market was dealing with billions of dollars in losses from a string of natural disasters, rampant litigation and increasing fraud.
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