Mark Gongloff, Columnist

Your Credit Score Shouldn’t Matter in a Natural Disaster

It’s often more expensive to have a low score than to live in an area at high risk of climate catastrophes.

Hurricanes and wildfires don’t run a credit check before attacking your house.

Photographer: Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Pop-quiz time: Which of the following events do you think would make your home-insurance premiums rise?

The correct answer is, believe it or not, “all of the above.”