More insurance companies are fleeing the state because of the growing threat from natural disasters.

    • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world
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      Which isn’t something insurance covers and thus not applicable here.

      You can’t (easily) file a claim because “it is hot as balls outside”. You can (generally) file a claim for “my house burned down”.

      The planet becoming more and more inhospitable is one side of this hell. But the issue with insurance companies pulling out is that it leaves the owners holding the bag. The bag, in this case, being a massive mortgage on a condemned plot of land.

      • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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        “Hot as balls” raises workers’ comp. and health insurance payouts, people getting heat exhaustion and heat stroke, even heart and respiratory diseases can be brought on or worsened by heat.