Homeowners insurance

Yellen, who also chairs the Financial Stability Oversight Council, said that a spate of extreme weather events is causing insurers to raise rates on homeowners.

Farmers Insurance's latest effort to reduce risk by not renewing Georgia homeowner policies was flagged as illegal by Georgia's Insurance Commissioner and forced to be retracted.

Major firms cite costly devastating hurricanes and widespread litigation against the industry as reasons to sunset policies for an unspecified number of property owners.

Consumers preferred to share data using smart devices in the home: 45% said they are happy to share information via Amazon Alexa, Google Home and the like. A little over a third of consumers (36%) said they were willing to share data through wearables or fitness health tests.

Highlights including VYRD Insurance on smart home water damage detection, Principal Financial Group on claims processing and Travelers' work with ServiceNow.

AIG's decision comes on the heels of both State Farm and Allstate Insurance Co. announcing plans in recent weeks to stop writing new policies in fire-prone California.

The company pointed to growing "catastrophe exposure" and substantial increases in construction costs for its decision.

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The average annual property insurance payment in the state is $4,231, nearly triple the national rate of $1,544, according to the Insurance Information Institute, an industry association.