Changing Climate, Changing Migration Priced Out: Climate Change, Home Insurance, and the People Stuck in the Middle

Climate change is making home insurance more expensive and less available, as the multibillion-dollar losses caused by hurricanes, wildfires, and other disasters increase in scale. Rising insurance premiums can push some people to relocate or force others to either pay more money to remain in their home or go without insurance and risk catastrophe if disaster strikes. Residents, insurance companies, and policymakers in high-income countries are beginning to reckon with these issues and are working to find a way to adequately offset risk without charging exorbitant prices. This episode features Talley Burley, who analyzes climate risk and insurance at the Environmental Defense Fund.

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Changing Climate, Changing Migration Priced Out: Climate Change, Home Insurance, and the People Stuck in the Middle is an episode from Migration Policy Institute Podcasts by Migration Policy Institute.

This episode is 31:07 long.

This episode was published on Apr 23, 2026.

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