Wildfire Risk Drives Up Colorado Homeowners’ Insurance Costs

Surreal Wildfire Forest Fire Landscape - Plumes of smoke rising from wildfire in Grizzly Creek, Glenwood Canyon, Colorado USA.

Colorado homeowners are facing steeply rising insurance costs as wildfire risk grows, according to a new report from Colorado State University’s (CSU) Regional Economic Development Institute. The study highlights significant premium increases, growing concerns about underinsurance, and the introduction of a state-backed insurance option. Rising Premiums and High Rankings Colorado now ranks as the sixth-costliest… Continue reading Wildfire Risk Drives Up Colorado Homeowners’ Insurance Costs

2026 Crop Insurance Decisions Shaped by New Federal Law

A sunny afternoon under partly cloudy skies aerial photo via drone over the farm fields in late June right before wheat harvest with ripening green soybeans and corn with golden wheat in the field and the farmsteads along the roadway in Ohio.

Farmers in Ohio face a key deadline of September 30, 2025, to select crop insurance coverage for winter wheat, with upcoming changes under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) potentially influencing decisions for the 2026 crop year.