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Opinion | We Have to Stop Underwriting People Who Move to Climate Danger Zones(www.nytimes.com)

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Bitswap@lemmy.world
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In some states it’s illegal for them to take it into account…

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Which states? I can see this being a possible stop-gap for price gouging customers with the excuse “because the climate is changing”. I wouldn’t trust insurance companies to make the moral choice, given the opportunity.

Realistically, I’m guessing it’s just pure climate change denial legislation, so I’m curious where it’s implemented.

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https://dfr.oregon.gov/insure/home/pages/wildfire-risk-map-insurance.aspx

What I wrote was not completely accurate. In Oregon, It’s illegal to use the state produced wildfire risk maps.

My bad.

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