SCOUT· 33%41m·2026-11-13·BusinessAre wildfires making the future uninsurable?
Over the past decade, increasingly catastrophic wildfires have wrought unprecedented destruction and upended the basic math of the insurance industry. In some of the riskiest parts of the country, homeowners have seen spiking premiums or lost their coverage altogether. Today on the show, we travel to the forested…
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What people are saying
“We keep building more property and more expensive property in wildfire prone areas. This is the result.”
“1,000 to 10,000 is highway robbery. I do wonder if the insurance company is looking to buy those lots and not just the wildfires. I'm not sure what would happen to people's mortgages if the conpanies go under”
“The new insurance commissioner we elected that doesn't believe economics is real isn't going to help.”
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