An Uninsurable Country: What Rising Climate Risk Means for Homeowners with NRDC

E249 - An Uninsurable Country: What Rising Climate Risk Means for Homeowners with NRDC

Published: March 16, 2026

Duration: 1:02:06

In episode 249 of America Adapts, host Doug Parsons takes a deep dive into the growing climate-driven insurance crisis reshaping housing and communities across the United States. Doug first speaks with Rob Moore and Alfonso Pating of the Natural Resources Defense Council about their new reports on the nation's emerging insurability crisis—why premiums are rising, insurers are retreating from high-risk areas, and what state policies can do to reduce risk and keep homes insurable. Then filmmaker George Siegal joins the show to discuss his documentary Built to Last: Buyer Beware, which reveals how many American homes are simply not bu...