Soaring insurance costs threaten Louisiana’s disaster resilience
In Lake Charles, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple spoke on insurance’s role in building resilience — and what’s being done to fix the current crisis.
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Health insurance sign-ups increase after disasters, Louisiana study finds
While the exact causes of the bump are unclear, what they found might help inform the way we think about disasters from a healthcare perspective.
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Grants to fortify homes may miss poor households
With few eligibility requirements, the program is first-come, first-serve. Critics say the grants should prioritize need.
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‘Fortify Homes’ grants seek to lower insurance costs for Louisiana property owners
The Louisiana Fortify Homes Program will offer grants of up to $10,000 for eligible homeowners to retrofit their roofs.
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Rising insurance costs point to rising flood risk for Lafayette
Rising flood insurance costs under FEMA’s new Risk Rating 2.0 system are pushing up costs for Lafayette homeowners. But the rising rates belie a largely unseen level of risk.
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Lafayette flood insurance rates will rise 81%, FEMA estimates
Increases of more than 50% are expected for National Flood Insurance Program policies in nine of the 10 ZIP Codes that cover the Lafayette area. That represents 15,000 single-family homes.
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Can Lafayette build its way to a resilient future?
A new Habitat for Humanity home in the historic La Place neighborhood near Downtown could be a model for homes that create more energy than they use and meet some of the nation’s highest construction standards.
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