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Theeffects of climate changeonextreme weatherevents is requiring theinsurance industry in the United Statesto recalculaterisk assessmentsfor variousinsurance policies.[1][2]From 1980 to 2005, private and federal government insurers in the United States paid $320 billionin constant 2005 dollarsinclaims(or about $499 billion in constant 2023 dollars) due toweather-related losseswhile the total amount paid in claims annually generally increased, and 88% of allproperty insurancelosses in the United States from 1980 to 2005 were weather-related.[3][4]Annual insured natural catastrophe losses in the United States grew 10-fold in inflation-adjusted terms from $49 billion in total from 1959 to 1988 to $98 billion in total from 1989 to 1998,[5]while theratioofpremiumrevenue to natural catastrophe losses fell six-fold from 1971 to 1999 and natural catastrophe losses were the primary factor in 10% of the approximately 700 U.S. insurance companyinsolvenciesfrom 1969 to 1999 and possibly a contributing factor in 53%.[6]From 2005 to 2021, annual insured natural catastrophe losses continued to rise in inflation-adjusted terms with average annual losses increasing by 700% in constant 2021 dollars from 1985 to 2021.[7]

In 2005,Ceresreleased awhite paperthat found that catastrophic weather-related insurance losses in the United States rose 10 times faster than premiums in inflation-adjusted terms from 1971 to 2004, and projected thatclimate changewould likely cause higher premiums anddeductiblesand impact theaffordability and availabilityof property insurance,crop insurance,health insurance,life insurance,business interruption insurance,andliability insurancein the United States.[8]From 2013 to 2023, U.S. insurance companies paid $655.7 billion innatural disasterclaims with the $295.8 billion paid from 2020 to 2022 setting a record for a three-year period,[9]and after only thePhilippines,the United States lost the largest share of itsgross domestic productin 2022 of any country due to natural disasters while having the greatest annual economic loss in absolute terms.[10]Whilehome insurance,property insurance, andreinsurancepremiums andcatastrophe bondinterest ratesin the United States are increasing, research inextreme event attributionhas estimated that of the $143 billion in annual average global economic losses from 2000 to 2019 due to claims related to extreme weather events caused by climate change, only 37% was attributable to property damage and 63% was attributable to the lostvalue of statistical livesfrom event fatalities.[11][12]

Due to rising hospitalizations from theeffects of climate change on human health(likeheat stressandcardiorespiratory fitnessimpacts fromwildfiresmoke),[13][14][15]health insurance companies in the United Statesare beginning to developmodelsfor their policies related toclimate risk.[16]Health policy analysis published in June 2023 estimated that 65 million workers in the United States between the ages of 19 and 64 (or more than two-fifths of theU.S. labor force) are in occupations at increased risk for climate-related medical problems withnon-white AmericansandAmericans with lower levels of educational attainmentstatistically overrepresented in such occupations and 16% of such workers lackinghealth insurance coverage(in comparison to 7% of workers not in such occupations).[17][18]From 1980 to 2005, weather-related claims to theFederal Crop Insurance Corporation(FCIC) cost $43.6 billion in constant 2005 dollars (or about $68 billion in constant 2023 dollars) which represented 14% of all weather-related insurance losses in the United States during the period,[19]and the FCIC's exposure to weather-related losses grew 26-fold to $44 billion in 2005 (or about $68.6 billion in constant 2023 dollars).[3]In July 2021, research published inEnvironmental Research Lettersestimated thatcounty-leveltemperature increases from 1991 to 2017 accounted for 19% of crop insurance losses (amounting to $27 billion) on FCIC policies and approximately half of the losses in 2012 (the costliest year surveyed).[20][21]

Industry regulation and criticism[edit]

See also:Climate change policy of the United States,Politics of climate change,Public opinion about climate change in the United States,andScientific consensus on climate change

In December 2005, theNational Association of Insurance Commissioners(NAIC) formed a Climate Change and Global Warming Task Force that issued a white paper in 2008 on potential insurance-related impacts of climate change to policyholders, insurers, and insurance regulators.[22]In August 2021, the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) of theU.S. Treasury Departmentissued arequest for informationfor climate-related financial risks to the U.S. insurance industry pursuant toExecutive Order 14030.[23][24]In February 2022, the FIO announced that it had joined theNetwork for Greening the Financial System.[25]In April 2022, the NAIC announced that it would adopt a climate risk disclosure standard aligned with the recommendations of theTask Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.[26]In October 2022, the FIO issued a request for comment on a proposed home and property insurance data collection aggregated at theZIP Codelevel to assess climate-related impacts on insurability pursuant to Executive Order 14030.[27][28][29][30]In June 2023, the FIO released a report pursuant to Executive Order 14030 that found that climate risk oversight was becoming increasingly critical forstate insurance regulators,and along with the NAIC, state regulators were incorporating climate risk into supervision and regulation but that most efforts remained preliminary.[31][32][33]In November 2023, the FIO submitted the data collection request to theOffice of Management and Budgetfor review and clearance under thePaperwork Reduction Act.[34][35][36]In March 2024, the NAIC sent letters to 400 home insurance companies requesting detailed data on policy pricing and structuring to investigate affordability and availability issues of home insurance in collaboration with the FIO.[37][38][39]

The insurance industry has been criticized byenvironmental activistsandDemocratic Partylawmakers for continuing to provide coverage tofossil fuelcompanies, whileRepublican Partylawmakers have criticized the industry for curbing policy coverage to oil-and-gas companies (even though most U.S. insurance companies have generally refrained from doing so in contrast to insurers internationally) and for incorporatingenvironmental, social, and corporate governancemetrics into oil-and-gas company insurance policy premiums.[40]In March 2021,U.S. SenatorsElizabeth Warren,Jeff Merkley,Sheldon Whitehouse,andChris Van Hollensent joint letters to theAmerican International Group(AIG),Berkshire Hathaway,Chubb Limited,Liberty Mutual,MetLife,Travelers Insurance,and other U.S. insurance companies requesting information about how each company's continued fossil fuelunderwritingaligns with its stated sustainability commitments in light of the withdrawal of underwriting by more than 25 major international competitors, as well as anyclimate change scenariosthe companies have performed on physical risks to annual premium revenue and claims expenditures and anystress testsfortransition risksthe companies have performed due to their fossil fuel underwriting exposure.[41][42]In June 2023, theSenate Budget Committeeopened an investigation that sent letters toState Farm,Liberty Mutual, Berkshire Hathaway, AIG, Travelers Insurance, Chubb Limited, andStarr Companiesrequesting company documents about companyunderwritingand investment in fossil fuel companies and company policies with respect toParis Agreementgreenhouse gas emission reduction commitments.[43]

In March 2023, Chubb Limited announced that its insurance policies for oil-and-gas companies would require greater reductions inmethane emissionsfor coverage,[44]and in May 2024, Chubb Limited CEOEvan G. Greenbergcriticized state governments for blocking insurers from pricing climate change into policies, stating "Climate change is sendingprice signals.Society will not adjust its behavior to the change of climate just because people talk about it. "[45]By October 2021, Chubb Limited had dropped its policy coverage for theTrans Mountain pipeline,ended investments in companies that generated more than 30% of revenue fromcoal miningor coal-basedenergy productionand stopped underwriting the construction and operation of newcoal power plantsfor such companies, and was scheduled to phase out coverage to companies with existing plants above the 30% revenue threshold by 2022.[46]However, Chubb Limited was estimated to have received $500 million to $800 million in annual premium revenue from the fossil fuel industry in June 2023, and the Senate Budget Committee letter stated that a Chubb Limited subsidiary was linked topetroleum exploration in the ArcticbyBP.[43]In March 2022, AIG announced acarbon neutralitypledge aligned with the Paris Agreement and that it would cease underwriting coverage of new coal power plants,oil sandsmining, and Arctic exploration.[47]

Nonetheless, the June 2023 Senate Budget Committee letter to AIG noted that the company received $675 million in premium revenue from the fossil fuel industry in 2021, had not restricted underwriting to any new conventional oil or natural gas development, and continued to provide coverage for the Trans Mountain Pipeline.[43]In its letters to Berkshire Hathaway and State Farm, the Senate Budget Committee noted that State Farm held more investments in oil and natural gas projects than any U.S. insurance company with at least $30.9 billion in fossil fuel investments, while Berkshire Hathaway was the largest shareholder ofChevron Corporation,Berkshire Hathaway Energyowned or had stakes in 24 coal power plants, and CEOWarren Buffetthas stated publicly that climate change should not factor into the company's investment decisions.[43][48]In response to criticism about continued underwriting of fossil fuel companies, AIG and Chubb Limited argued in 2021 and 2023 respectively that complete withdrawal of coverage to fossil fuel companies would risk nationalenergy securityand thatrenewable energywas not yet meeting national energy demand.[46][44]In February 2024, theEnergy Information Administration(EIA) estimated thatsolar power in the United Statesonly accounted for 4% ofU.S. electricity generationin 2023 whilenatural gasaccounted for 43%, but the EIA projected that solar power would account for 58% of new electricity generation in 2024.[49]

While criticized byOPECand Republican Party lawmakers,[50][51][52]theInternational Energy Agency(IEA) projected in October 2023 thatglobal demandforoil,natural gas,andcoalwould peak before 2030.[53][54]The IEA projected in December 2022 that renewable energy would overtake coal as the largest source ofelectricity generationglobally by 2025,[55]while the IEA projected in January 2024 that record electricity generation from renewable andnuclear powerglobally would absorb rising global power demand over the next 3 years fromemerging markets,artificial intelligence,cryptocurrenciesandblockchaintechnology, anddata centers.[56]In May 2023, the IEA projected that annual investments insolar powerwould overtake investments in oil for the first time,[57][58]and the IEA projected in June 2023 that global oil demand would peak by 2028.[59][60]In June 2024, the IEA projected that global investments in renewable and nuclear power along with related infrastructure would exceed $2 trillion for the year and would be double that of investments in fossil fuels,[61]and the IEA reiterated its projections that global oil demand would peak before 2030.[62][63]In February 2023, the IEA estimated that the global oil-and-gas industry could cut 75% of its methane emissions if it invested 3% of net income (or approximately $100 billion) by 2030 on already existing technologies,[64]while the IEA estimated in June 2023 that the industry could cut 15% of itstotal industry greenhouse gas emissionsif it invested 2% of net income (or approximately $75 billion) on technologies to reduce emissions by 2030.[65]

In March 2023, the Senate Budget Committee held a series of hearings on the economic impacts of climate change that included testimony from insurance company executives andactuaries.[66][67]In May 2023, theNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrationand theNational Science Foundationannounced the formation of an industry-university cooperative research center to provide the insurance industry with climate change data to improve modelling for catastrophic impacts in risk assessments of future weather conditions.[68][69]In September 2023, theSenate Banking Committeeheld a hearing on contemporary issues in property insurance markets where representatives from theConsumer Federation of America,National Church Residences, and theR Street Instituteprovided testimony of the impacts of climate change on the property insurance industry, the impacts on low-income property insurance policyholders, and the1988 California Proposition 103.[70][71]In November 2023, the Senate Budget Committee opened a related investigation that sent letters to more than 40 insurance companies requesting company documents about regions in the country where the companies were either considering or have withdrawn coverage.[72]In December 2023,House Democratic CaucusandSenate Democratic Caucusmembers on theCongressional Joint Economic Committeereleased an issue brief on climate risk and insurance markets.[73][74]In February 2024, the Treasury Department hosted a roundtable discussion withclimateandconsumer organizationson climate risks and insurance markets.[75][76]In June 2024, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on climate change and property insurance premium increases.[77][78]

Cat bonds and reinsurance[edit]

In 2015, the market for catastrophe bonds was estimated to have grown to $25.66 billion,[79]with issuance up by 27% over the previous year after steady growth over the previous three years from approximately $15 billion in 2012,[80][81][82]and the size of the market was expected to double over the next several years due to their increased issuance by insurance companies and other entities seeking insurance as analternativeto reinsurance.[83]Catastrophe bonds were created in the wake of the insurance losses caused byHurricane Andrewin 1992 that caused bankruptcies of multiple insurance companies,[84][85][86]and arehigh-yield bondswith an averagematurityof 3 years.[87][88][89][90]In September 2015, reinsurance premiums were expected to fall by 5% the following January after falling by greater percentages the previous January and July due to the growth of the catastrophe bond market being driven by thegeneral low-yield marketafter the2008 financial crisis.[91][92][93]In July 2015, Berkshire Hathaway was reexamining its reinsurance business in light of the growing catastrophe bonds market,[94][95]and in 2016, reinsurance premiums fell to their lowest level since 2001 due to the increased growth in the catastrophe bonds market.[96]

Despite an estimated $135.6 billion in insurance losses due to claims related to extreme weather events in 2017,[97][98]reinsurance premiums saw only a 6% increase due to substantialcapital inflowsinto the catastrophe bond andinsurance-linked securitiesmarkets that enabled insurance companies to access the financial capital to cover the losses and resist the reinsurance premium increases.[99][100]Diminished returns for the reinsurance industry continued through 2018 despite multiple extreme weather events causing $79 billion in insurance claims,[101][102]but reinsurance premiums saw increases in 2019 after the catastrophe bond and alternative capital markets saw a $5 billion capital outflow to $93 billion in 2019 from a peak at $98 billion in 2018 due to two years of negative returns.[103][104]Despite the fact that insurance losses from the2019 storm seasonwere estimated below the 10-year average, reinsurance premiums saw upward momentum in 2020 due to increasedriskanduncertaintyfrom active storm seasons to insurance policy pricing.[105][106]Reinsurance premiums to property insurers covering wildfire risk inCaliforniawere expected to rise by 30% to 70% for 2020 in comparison to a global price increase of 10%.[107]While catastrophe bonds saw record issuance in 2021, issuance during the first half of 2022 was 9% lower than it was during the first half of 2021 due to rising interest rates.[108]

Coupled with $120 billion in insurance losses on claims related to extreme weather events in 2022, higher interest rates on catastrophe bonds caused the first year-over-year decline in dedicated reinsurance capital since 2008 and led to an estimated 37% increase in reinsurance premiums for 2023.[109][110][111]After a more than 2% negative return in 2022, the ratio of the averagecouponto the averageexpected losson catastrophe bonds rose to a factor of 5 (its highest level since 2002) as investors demanded significantly higheryieldsrelative to the risk on the bonds.[85]Despite the risk, the catastrophe bond market grew to a record $41.75 billion in 2023 (or double its size in 2013) with a record $11 billion in sales.[79]In July 2023, reinsurance premiums for property insurance companies in the United States were estimated to have increased by 50% in general for July 1 policy renewals, while policies that faced previous natural catastrophe claims rose by 30% to 50%.[112]In January 2024, reinsurance premiums for property insurers increased by 5% for January 1 policy renewals.[113]During the first and second quarters of 2024, catastrophe bonds saw record issuance (valued at $11.4 billion) that drove dedicated reinsurance capital back up to 2021 levels, while reinsurance premiums for property insurance companies fell by 5% for June 1 policy renewals.[114][115]

Flood insurance[edit]

From 1980 to 2005, weather-related claims to theNational Flood Insurance Program(NFIP) cost $34.1 billion in constant 2005 dollars (or about $53.2 billion in constant 2023 dollars) which represented 11% of all weather-related insurance losses in the United States during the period,[116]and the NFIP's exposure to weather-related losses quadrupled to $1 trillion in 2005 (or about $1.56 trillion in constant 2023 dollars).[3]Despite the rising frequency and cost of flooding, the NFIP lost nearly 1 million policyholders from 2009 to 2023,[117]while theFederal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) spent $4 billion from 1989 to 2024 financing 45,000 to 50,000floodplainbuyouts.[118][119][120]From 2016 to 2022, the number of private insurers writingflood insurancepolicies in the United States grew from 18 companies underwriting 12.6% of the market with $410 million in direct premiums written to 77 companies underwriting 32.1% of the market with $1.31 billion in direct premiums written.[121][122]However, research published in theAmerican Economic Journalin August 2022 found that fewer than 60% of homeowners with houses in high-risk flood zones where coverage is mandatory have a flood policy.[123][124]Following criticism of the NFIP for insuring repetitive loss properties the previous year,[125][126]FEMA announced in April 2018 that it would issue its first catastrophe bonds the following July to transfer some of the risk exposure of the NFIP to private capital markets.[127]Despite having $16 billion of its debt cancelled in 2017,[128][129][130]the NFIP remained more than $20 billion in debt in 2023.[117][131]

In October 2021, the NFIP instituted an overhaul to its pricing system to more accurately price flood risks not previously identified by federalflood mapsby including distance from waterbodies, building first-floor heights, and rebuilding costs in risk assessments, and FEMA initially estimated the pricing system overhaul would result in premium increases for 77% of policyholders.[132][133][134][135]In May 2022, FEMA announced a proposal to overhaul the NFIP by dropping coverage for repetitive loss properties and to deny coverage to homes in flood-prone areas after one-sixth of the total dollar value in claims paid by the program over the preceding 30 years were to repetitive loss properties and such properties received $35.1 billion in claims in the program's history through the previous December (which was nearly half of the total dollar value the program had paid in claims in its history).[136]As of September 2023,10 states had filed lawsuits against FEMA (as the NFIP wasscheduled to expireat the beginning of the following month) for the NFIP pricing system overhaul as it was estimated that two-thirds of the program's policyholders would see premium increases, that premiums would double in 12 coastal and landlocked states, and cause homeowners living in flood zones to lose their homes by losing insurance coverage required by the terms of their mortgages.[117][137]

Research published in July 2014 showed that 6.5 million homes in the United States along theAtlanticandGulf Coastswere at increased risk of flood damage from hurricane-relatedstorm surge,[138]while research published in 2015 found theTampa Bay areato be the most vulnerable region in the United States to storm surge flooding by a100-year hurricane(with the potential financial losses for flood damage from such a storm to residential, commercial, and industrial property in the region estimated at $175 billion).[139]From 2010 to 2017, the population ofTampa, Floridagrew by 12% and 50% of the Tampa population lived in housing less than 10 feet above sea level in 2015,[139]while approximately three-quarters of the population ofFloridaas a whole in the2020 United States censuslived in thestate's 35 coastal counties(where the resident population increased by 6 million between 1990 and 2020) and 8 of the state's coastal counties were among the top 20 coastal counties in the United States with the fastest growing populations.[140][141]DespiteMiamibeing ranked by theOECDas one of the top 10 cities globally to be most vulnerable to flooding fromsea level rise,construction volume in theMiami metropolitan areahas been estimated to have grown in inflation-adjusted terms from $15.8 billion in 2014 to $27.4 billion in 2023 and the region's population grew by more than 660,000 between 2010 and 2020.[142]In June 2024, climate risk data showed that in 33 ZIP Codes along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts with median home values of at least $1 million there were more than 77,000 properties at significant flood risk with potential losses estimated at approximately $100 billion.[143]

Home and property insurance[edit]

Monthly year-over-year price changes invehicle insurance,newvehicles,used vehicles,vehicle parts and equipment,vehicle repair,andhospitalservices in theUnited States Consumer Price Indexand theinterest rateson 3-yearU.S. Treasury Notesfrom January 2019 to May 2024. Note:Catastrophe bondsissued by insurance companies have an averagematurityof 3 years and are used as asubstituteforreinsurance.

From 2017 to 2020, the national average home insurance premium in the United States rose by 11.4% whileinflationrose by only 7.9% after extreme weather events and secondary catastrophes (which includewildfires,thunderstorms,droughts,flash floods,andlandslides) caused $370 billion in inflation-adjusted claims,[144]and the increasing frequency, destructiveness, and cost of secondary catastrophes are requiring insurance companies to incorporate models for them into their policy risk assessments.[145]From 2017 to 2021, home insurance claims fromproperty damagedue towindandhail,water damageandfreezing,orfireandlightningaccounted for 88% to 92% of all causes of loss, whiletheftofcontents,liability,and all other property damage (includingvandalismandmalicious mischief) ranged from 8% to 12%.[146]After 20 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2021 caused $145 billion in economic losses (including $75 billion fromHurricane Ida) and 1 in 10 U.S. homes saw property damage from a natural disaster,[147][148]90% of U.S. home insurance policyholders were estimated to have seen premium increases from May 2021 to May 2022 with an average increase of 12%,[149][150]while theUnited States Consumer Price Index(CPI) rose by 8.6%,[151]thehouse price index(HPI) of theFederal Housing Finance Agencyrose by 18.3%,[152]and final demand construction prices in theU.S. Producer Price Index(PPI) rose by 19%.[153]

From June 2022 to June 2023, the national average home insurance premium increased by 20% to $1,428 per year as 31 states approved double-digit percentage premium increases while the CPI rose by 3%,[154]the HPI rose by 3%,[155]and PPI final demand construction prices rose by 10.3%.[156][157][158]and insurers also restricted coverage aswindandhail storms,and theJune 2023 tornado outbreakcaused billions of dollars in insurance losses during the first and second quarters.[159][160]From 2013 through 2023, insurance companies sawnet incomelosses on home insurance coverage as they paid out more in claims nationally than they received in premiums, and after only seeing losses in 8 states in 2013 and 12 states in 2018, insurance companies saw losses on home insurance coverage in 18 states in 2023 (including theEast South CentralandWest North Central statesthat border theMississippiand theOhio Riversand all of theEast North Central states).[161]From January 2023 through May 2024, 45 states saw double-digit percentage increases in home insurance premiums which were largely being driven up by rising reinsurance premiums for home insurers (which in turn was being driven by the reinsurance industry's declining profitability from 2014 to 2022 from increased natural disaster claims).[162]

Insurance industry estimates in April 2024 projected a 6% increase in the average national home insurance premium for the year and increases more than 10% in at least 8 states.[163]While mostmortgage lendersin the United States typically require a borrower to have a home insurance policy because few households can withstand the financial loss of an uninsured home, approximately 12% of U.S. homeowners in 2023 were foregoing home insurance coverage and approximately half of those doing so had household incomes below $40,000.[164]In August 2023, the number of new home insurance policies in the United States with $2,000 to $2,500 deductibles tripled since 2019 while the number of policies with $500 deductibles fell by two-thirds.[165]AfterHurricane Katrinain 2005, home insurance policies in hurricane-prone areas typically began including "hurricane deductibles" —a special type of deductible that requires policyholders to pay a percentage of the property value rather than a flat amount that have been criticized by consumer advocates for shifting repair costs from insurers to policyholders.[166]Similar "tornado deductibles" have also become common intornado-prone states,[167]and there were 17 billion dollartornado events in the United Statesfrom 2018 to 2023 and 9 of the 10costliest hurricanesin U.S. history in inflation-adjusted terms occurred from 2005 to 2022.[168][169]

From thefirst quarterof 2019 to 2020, policy renewal premiums formultifamily residentialproperties increased by 33% as compared to 23% for the real estate sector broadly while PPI final demand construction prices rose by 1.7% from March 2019 to March 2020.[170][171]From 2020 to 2022, property insurance premiums onaffordable housingrental properties receivingLow-Income Housing Tax Creditswere estimated to have increased from $386.90 per year in 2020 to $590.30 per year in 2022 (or an approximately 53% increase) and were expected to increase further in 2023 due to weather-related damage and rising inflation.[172]A 2024 survey of 1,800condominium associationsacross 44 states found that association dues rose by 20% over the preceding 2 years, while a 2023 survey of community associations found that 91% saw insurance premium increases at the previous renewal date and the majority paid for the premium increase by raising annual dues or levying special assessments.[173]During the first three quarters of 2019, business insurance premiums in the United States rose by 6.7% due to losses from hurricanes, wildfires, and other catastrophes and was on pace for its highest annual increase since 2003.[174][175]In August 2023, insurance premiums for commercial real estate in the United States saw an average annual increase of 7% since 2017.[176]

In August 2022,FM Globalannounced aresiliencecredit to 1,500 business insurance policies that would reduce annual premiums by 5% if the policyholderadaptedproperty covered under the policy from various climate hazards including hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding.[177]From November 2022 through November 2023,vehicle insurance premiums in the United Statesincreased by 19.2% and more than six times the 3.1% year-over-year increase in the CPI during the same period, while vehicle repair prices and new vehicle prices rose by 12.7% and 1.3% respectively, and used vehicle prices and vehicle parts and equipment prices fell by 3.8% and by 1.1% respectively.[178][179][180]The year-over-year increases in vehicle insurance premiums from November 2022 to November 2023 were part of a sequence of double-digit percentage increases in vehicle insurance premiums for 15 consecutive months for the first time since the mid-1980s partly due to extreme weather events damaging greater numbers of vehicles.[181][75]From 2013 to 2023, the national average vehicle insurance premium rose by 70% with states with higher frequencies of natural catastrophes seeing steeper premium increases—such asColoradoand Florida, which saw 52% and 88% increases respectively.[182]

Also, while there was an increase in liability and collision coverage claims in the 4 years after theCOVID-19 lockdowns,[183][184]the claims frequency on private passenger auto policies from 2013 to 2022 for liability and collision coverage generally declined while comprehensive coverage claims frequency (which includes claims for weather-related damage) generally increased.[185]From January 1996 to September 2000, vehicle insurance losses from natural disaster claims amounted to $3.4 billion on 1.7 million claims and averaged 10% of total annual disaster-related property insurance losses, while theNational Highway Traffic Safety Administrationestimated in 1999 that 16% ofvehicle collisionswere attributable to adverse weather conditions.[186]While there were more than 770,000 motor vehicles thefts in 2017,[187]more than 1 million cars were either damaged ordestroyedbyHurricane HarveyandHurricane Irmain the same year.[188][189]In March 2024, vehicle insurance premiums had increased by 22.2% over the preceding year, while the CPI rose over the previous year by 3.5%, vehicle repair prices rose by 11.6%, and prices on new vehicles, used vehicles, and vehicle parts and equipment fell by 0.1%, 2.2%, and 0.8% respectively.[190][191][192]

The next month, vehicle insurance premiums had increased by 22.6% over the preceding year in the highest annual increase since 1979, while the CPI rose over the previous year by 3.4%, vehicle repair prices rose by 9.8%, and prices on new vehicles, used vehicles, and vehicle parts and equipment fell by 0.4%, 6.9%, and 1.5% respectively.[193][194][195][196]In May 2022, climate risk research showed that nearly 80 million U.S. residential or commercial properties representing $8.8 trillion in property value would face increased wildfire risk over the subsequent 30 years (including one-fifth ofsingle-family homes).[197][198]Real estate industry estimates released in June 2022 showed that 33 million homes with $10.5 trillion ofreconstruction cost valuealong the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts were at risk of hurricane-force wind damage.[199]During the first half of 2023, there were 12 potential billion-dollar weather disasters in the United States, which tied with 2017 for the record number during the first and second quarters after the country averaged 8 annually from 1980 to 2022.[200]In April 2017, property insurance companies saw their worst first quarter in 20 years due to425 tornados in the United Statesand other severe storms causing $6 billion to $7 billion in losses.[201]

Widespread thunderstorms in the United States during the first half of 2023 accounted for 70% of global natural catastrophe insurance losses and topped more than $50 billion for the first time on record.[202][85][203]By the end of the year, insured losses from thunderstorm damage topped $55 billion and also exceeded insured losses from hurricane damage for the first time on record.[204][205]After 28 billion dollar weather disasters in the United States in total in 2023 and $80 billion in insured natural catastrophe losses,[206]home insurance premiums had risen by 23% over the previous year in May 2024 while the CPI saw a 3.3% year-over-year increase,[207][208]National Association of Realtorspreliminary home prices data for the month showed a 5.8% year-over-year increase,[209][210]and PPI final demand construction prices fell by 0.9%.[211][212]In the same month, vehicle insurance premiums had increased by 20.3% over the preceding year, while vehicle repair prices rose by 9.5%, and prices on new vehicles, used vehicles, and vehicle parts and equipment fell by 0.8%, 9.3%, and 1.1% respectively.[213][214]

In 2018, insurance companies rejected renewals for 8,751 home insurance policies in ZIP Codes affected by the2015and2017 California wildfires(a 9.6% increase from the previous year).[215]In November 2018, the California Department of Insurance launched a review of the financial stability of property insurance companies in the state after claims filed to the Merced Property & Casualty Company following theCamp Firethat month pushed the firm to the point of insolvency.[216]In 2018, the 5-yearmoving averageof total burned acres in California surpassed 1 million and rose to 2.2 million in 2021.[217]In 2019, a survey of California Association of Realtors members found that 27% had issues with fire insurance either personally or with a client, and among the members with fire insurance issues, 34% stated that they had potential buyers backing out of sales due to difficulties of obtaining a fire insurance policy.[218]In 2019, insurers declined to renew 235,000 home insurance policies in California statewide in a 31% increase in the statewide non-renewal rate from the previous year, with non-renewal rates in ZIP Codes with moderate to high wildfire risk increasing by 61% and in the top 10 counties for wildfire risk by 203%.[219]

Over the preceding 4 years, California home insurers rejected renewals for 350,000 policies and tens of thousands of home insurance policies in Florida saw renewal rejections during the same time period due to increased risk of hurricane-related property damage.[220]In December 2019, the California Department of Insurance announced a one-year moratorium on home insurance non-renewals affecting approximately 800,000 policies in areas at high-risk for wildfire property damage.[221]In October 2021, Chubb Limited announced that it would reduce its home insurance policy coverage in areas of California exposed to moderate to high risk of wildfires, and the AIG rejected renewals for 9,000 California home insurance policyholders on multi-million dollar homes in January 2022 (after the California Department of Insurance approved an average 17.5% premium rate increase for AIG's home insurance policies in the state in 2020).[222]In May 2023, State Farm announced that it was halting all new-home insurance policy sales in California due to increased wildfire risk andrising inflation,[223]whileAllstateannounced that it would it also halt all new-home insurance policy sales in California due to increased wildfire risk the following month.[224]

From 2018 to 2023, the state-operated home insurers of last resort in California, Florida, andLouisianasaw their total number of policyholders double, with the Florida insurer of last resort,Citizens Property Insurance Corporation,increasing to 1.4 million policyholders and became the largest home insurer in the state.[225][226]In November 2023, the Senate Budget Committee opened an investigation into Citizens due to concerns about a potential federal bailout being required in the event of an extremely destructive hurricane afterFlorida GovernorRon DeSantismade comments suggesting that the company was insolvent,[227][228]and the Senate Budget Committee renewed its requests for documents and information from Citizens in March 2024.[229]In 2021, Florida had the highest average home insurance premium of any state in the country at $2,380 per year and saw a 21% increase from 2018 (in comparison to an only 4% increase in the average home insurance premium nationally to $1,297 per year), driven in part by $30 billion in claims for damage caused by Hurricane Irma andHurricane Michaeland rising reinsurance premiums.[230]Following the2004and2005 Atlantic hurricane seasons,many national home insurance companies completely withdrew coverage from Florida and this has led to dominance of the state's home insurance market by smaller companies that typicallyprovide coverage only in-stateand are more dependent on reinsurance.[231][232][233]

While research published byLand Economicsin 2018 found that the 2002 Floridabuilding codereduced windstorm insurances losses in the state by 72% between 2001 and 2010 with a 6-to-1 ratio in reduced insurance losses to increased construction costs,[234]construction industry estimates have found that compliance with the newer codes increased home prices by as much as 45% in certain parts of Florida by the time of Hurricane Irma.[235]In 2022, the average home insurance premium in Florida remained the highest statewide average and had risen to $4,231 per year (or triple the national average),[236][237]while premiums in the state for commercial property insurance had doubled over the preceding year, premiums forbuilder's risk insurancehad increased by 30% over the previous 2 years, premiums for liability insurance for constructingcondominiumsquadrupled over the previous 2 years, and property insurance premiums were expected to increase further due to reinsurance companies requiring premium increases in part to cover increased hurricane-related property damage risks (leading many property developers to put construction projects on hold).[238][239]

Despite the passage of the bills by theFlorida Legislatureto address the property insurance crisis in the state—which included a provision to repeal astate lawthat required insurers in home insurance lawsuits decided in their favor to cover plaintiffattorney's feesas 80% of home insurance lawsuits in the United States were filed by Florida plaintiffs in contrast to only 10% of home insurance claims in the United States being filed by Florida policyholders—that were signed into law by Governor DeSantis in December 2022,[240][236][241][242]the average home insurance premium in Florida rose by 42% in 2023 to $6,000 per year (and to triple the statewide average in 2019 at $1,988 per year) and remained the highest statewide average in the United States.[243][244]In a 2023 national homebuilders survey, 32% of Florida homebuilders, 29% ofSouthern Californiahomebuilders, and 20% ofNorthern Californiahomebuilders stated that rising home insurance premiums were "somewhat slowing sales" as compared with 9% nationally.[245]Research on policy renewal rejections in California has shown that non-renewals can cause a 12% reduction in home property values.[246][247]In September 2023, the California Department of Insurance announced that it would permit property insurers to factor future climate risks into premiums on the condition that insurers write more policies in areas with greater risk.[248][249]

As of April 2024, California was the only state that did not permit the use ofcatastrophe modelingby insurance companies to set premiums.[250][251][252][253]Coupled with migration out of theSan Francisco Bay Areaduring theCOVID-19 pandemic in the state,[254]the rising home insurance premiums from the increased wildfire risk is exacerbating pre-COVID housing affordability issues in California (especially in theSierra Nevadaregion) that have seen thousands of California residents relocate to states such asNevada,Idaho,Utah,andArizona.[219][224][255]During theCOVID-19 pandemic in Florida,housing affordability issues exacerbated by the rising home and property insurance premiums led to the state's slowest population growth rate since 2014 and its lowest in-migration from other states since 2011, and the state has also seen out-migration from high property value ZIP Codes (such asFlamingo ParkinWest Palm Beach) in the years since.[230][256][257]From July 2021 to February 2023, 12 home insurance companies with policy coverage in Louisiana were declared insolvent, 50 other companies stopped writing policies in hurricane-proneparishes,the number of policyholders covered by the state insurer of last resort rose from 35,000 to 132,000, and 4 of the 10 counties in the United States with the largest population declines from 2021 to 2022 were in Louisiana (led bySt. John the Baptist Parish).[258][259]

In 2021, California saw 241,000 home insurance policy renewal rejections, and Louisiana saw the average home insurance premium rise by 27% from May 2022 to May 2023.[260]In June 2023, AIG announced that it was planning to reduce home insurance policy coverage across 200 ZIP Codes in Florida,New York,Delaware,Colorado,Montana,Idaho,andWyoming,andFarmers Insurance Groupannounced that it was halting new-home insurance policy sales in Florida earlier in the year.[261]In July 2023, the home insurance division of theAmerican Automobile Associationannounced that it would not renew certain higher exposure policies in Florida,[262]while Farmers Insurance announced that it was ending sales of home insurance policies under its own brand in Florida and would limit sales of its home insurance brand products to 7,000 policies per month in California.[263]From May 2021 to May 2023, home insurance premiums inMassachusettsincreased by 26% and insurers are expected to start increasing premiums or rejecting renewals in the state due to the increasing frequency and destructiveness of secondary catastrophes.[264]In 2023, Farmers Insurance increased premiums by more than 23% for tens of thousands of home insurance policies inIllinoisandTexas,whileNationwide Mutualrejected 10,525 policy renewals inNorth Carolina.[181]

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