Property insurance costs hit a record in 2025, and new data suggest higher premiums may be a significant factor behind mortgage delinquency rates.

Homeowners insurance has traditionally been a background cost of owning a home, but in many markets, it is becoming a defining factor in housing affordability. Recent industry research and real estate ...

Among the many (many) expensive elements of owning a home is figuring out the necessary insurance coverage to have. With homeowners insurance premiums rising across the country, and many insurance ...

From 2024 to present, our team has gathered rates for 222 auto insurance companies across the nation. 39 Million Quotes Collected Our team has relied on 39,683,951 auto insurance quotes sourced from ...

Ryan Kellman is a producer and visual reporter for NPR's science desk. Kellman joined the desk in 2014. In his first months on the job, he worked on NPR's Peabody Award-winning coverage of the 2014 ...

Health insurance costs are rising even faster than the current 2.7 percent annual inflation rate, and experts expect double-digit surges in 2026. A major consequence of spiking prices is that a ...

Companies face a roughly 9.5% surge in costs this year, the biggest rise in at least 15 years.

The cost of employer-sponsored health insurance in California rose at twice the pace of inflation over the past three years, squeezing workers’ paychecks and small businesses alike. More than 17 ...

Three years after Hurricane Ian slammed into Fort Myers Beach, jackhammers still echo along the barrier island's main road, where new houses and businesses are going up next to vacant lots and the ...