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Colorado legislature poised to create “last resort” property insurance plan as crisis looms

Wildfires, other natural disasters are making insurance companies skittish about insuring Colorado homeowners

A home being rebuilt that was destroyed in the Marshall fire a year ago near Via Appia and Eldorado Lane December 30, 2022. Two people died in the massive fire that destroyed over a thousand homes and killed over a thousand pets. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
A home being rebuilt that was destroyed in the Marshall fire a year ago near Via Appia and Eldorado Lane December 30, 2022. Two people died in the massive fire that destroyed over a thousand homes and killed over a thousand pets. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Noelle Phillips of The Denver Post.
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Destructive wildfires, floods and hailstorms are increasing amid global climate change and the risks that come with those disasters are making property insurance companies skittish about doing business in Colorado.

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