His insurance premium with Lighthouse, a small company based in Louisiana, was around $4,400 a year. He managed to avoid major damage from Hurricane Ida and other storms that hit south Louisiana in ...

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Jennifer and Dean Bye were just getting by before Hurricane Ida slammed into southern Louisiana in 2021. The couple own a house in a comfortable subdivision in Paulina, a town about an hour west of ...

Home insurance costs jumped 62% from 2022 to 2025, based on our analysis, and rising rates are expected to continue in 2026.