As climate risks mount, insurance safety net is breaking down

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TOUGH SELL: Frequent flooding has made it harder to attract private property insurance companies to Louisiana. (Associated Press)

To handle the risk of massive payouts, insurance companies sell policies across different markets—reasoning that a hurricane probably won’t hit Louisiana the same month a wildfire wipes out a …


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