The price of home insurance has increased everywhere in Texas from the coast to the Panhandle, and rates are now among the most expensive in the country. According to the Texas Department of Insurance ...

The insurance crisis affecting Texas, California and Florida has been well-documented. In the nation’s three most-populous states — home to more than a quarter of all U.S. residents — homeowners ...

DALLAS 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’ chief insurance regulator has shot down a proposed 10% insurance rate hike for many Gulf Coast homeowners and business owners. Texas Insurance Commissioner Cassie Brown on Monday rejected the ...

Texas homeowners face some of the highest insurance costs in the nation, reflecting the state's broad exposure to hurricanes, flooding, tornadoes, and hailstorms. While national averages remain far ...

For Cynthia Thomas, a longtime resident of the Hill Country and a survivor of the Guadalupe River flooding, the disaster hit home. While she was safely in Houston celebrating the Fourth of July, her ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- This week in D.C., some lawmakers are ringing the alarm about extreme weather causing an increase in homeowners' insurance rates. 13 Investigates looked through Texas ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- New data shows U.S. homeowners prone to natural disasters lose homeowners insurance at nearly twice the rate of those who live in less vulnerable counties. Kinder ...

KERR COUNTY, Texas — After the July Fourth flooding in Kerr County, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be partnering with a Texas agency to reevaluate flood risk maps. But what does ...

As a desperate search for survivors continues in the areas of Texas walloped by weekend floods, one reality persists: Americans and their properties are not prepared for the severe-weather impacts of ...

The narrow canyons and shallow soils in the central Texas area pummeled by recent storms long ago earned it the nickname of “Flash Flood Alley.” Yet only a fraction of homeowners there have flood ...