The Cost of Climate Change: How to Protect Your Home From Disaster

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

If a natural disaster struck your home — whether you own or rent — would you be covered? Many consumers aren’t as protected as they might think. In this episode of our nerdy deep dive into how climate change affects your money, Sean and NerdWallet insurance editor Caitlin Constantine talk about how to really protect yourself when a big storm hits where you live. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.2	Let's say a freak storm is headed your way and there's a chance it could wipe out your home.
0:35.0	Homeowner or renter, are you covered? Are you sure? The standard
0:40.8	homeowners policies don't cover floods, and that means that they don't cover rising water.
0:46.3	You know, they do cover falling water. If your roof blows off and rain falls inside, they'll cover
0:51.3	that. But that's just one type of underinsurance that people have.
1:10.2	Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money podcast. I'm Sean Piles.
1:13.6	And I'm Caitlin Constantine. We're back with episode two of our nerdy deep dive into the broad
1:18.6	effects of climate change on our financial lives. Caitlin, I know you're going to talk about this
1:23.6	more in a little bit, but you've had your own brushes with housing disaster, right?
1:27.6	Yeah, so I'll go into depth in this during the episode, but I lived in coastal Florida for
1:32.9	more than 20 years, and during that time, I also worked for quite some time in local news.
1:37.7	So I've lived through multiple hurricanes and tropical storms, and I've also reported on the
1:42.0	damage that they can cause. And I've actually been
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