According to the Texas Department of Insurance, homeowners' rates climbed nearly 19% in 2024, following a more than 21% spike in 2023. Texans pay some of the highest home insurance costs in the U.S.

Texas lawmakers have few options to drive down rising home insurance costs. (Ishika Samant For The Texas Tribune, Ishika Samant For The Texas Tribune) Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about ...

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 ...

Houston ISD, Katy ISD, and Plano ISD are temporarily banned from enforcing Senate Bill 12 (SB 12). Judge pauses SB 12: What changes for Houston ISD and Katy ISD Read full article: Judge pauses SB 12: ...

Insurance prices spike with severe weather forecasts and plummet after storm season ends—shopping in early spring could ...

The Gulf Coast is a hotbed for extreme weather-related rising homeowners insurance costs, and the fourth-biggest city in the United States is experiencing the worst of it. Southeast Houston is among ...

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 ...

Ahead of next year’s legislative session, Texas lawmakers are hearing testimony about homeowners insurance rates. Tuesday, a Texas House Committee on State Affairs heard testimony about the rising ...

A tree fallen on the side of a home in Rosenberg during Hurricane Beryl. Fort Bend County residents whose homes were damaged by the storm can apply for tax relief. New homeowners in Texas may have to ...

It is only a matter of time before the property insurance crisis, which has already affected California and Florida, reaches Texas, according to experts. As coverage becomes increasingly unaffordable ...

Damage to homes caused by a tornado that moved through Round Rock on March 21, 2022. The state's insurance commissioner on Monday denied a request by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, the ...

The following is an open letter from The Watchdog to new Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Commissioner Amanda Crawford. Dear Insurance Commissioner Crawford: Congratulations on your new job. Hope ...