HOUSTON – In recent years, Texas homeowners have faced a daunting challenge: skyrocketing home insurance premiums. This issue has become increasingly pressing, particularly following a series of ...

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 ...

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 ...

A damaged piano remains within other debris collected after a tornado moved through Valley View in May 2024. Multiple people were killed in Texas and many others injured around the Denton-Cooke County ...

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 ...

Homes in a north Fort Worth subdivision stretch into the distance 2022. Texas Lawmakers continue to look at ways to cut property taxes and increase homestead exemptions, but there’s another part of ...

Hurricane Beryl recently provided Houston-area homeowners with a powerful reminder of the importance of insurance. But insurance is expensive here: In Texas, the average annual homeowners’ insurance ...

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DALLAS — A policy change: Last year, I reported on a phenomenon where the fourth-largest home insurer in Texas (Farmers Insurance) was sending out notices to some covered homeowners, telling them they ...

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