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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 ...

This first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. Three decades ago, Nancy Wallace narrowly escaped death in what was then California's most destructive wildfire. Since then, ...

TITUSVILLE, Fla. — Right now, hundreds of families in Brevard County are recovering from massive flooding to their homes, but many are learning the hard way that their insurance won’t cover this ...