Rising Property Insurance Premiums: The Uneven Risks to Household and Systemic Financial Stability

Recent research reveals that homeowners with lower credit scores or who live in  neighborhoods of color are often charged more for property insurance coverage even when the disaster risks they face are comparable to those paying less for insurance. As climate risk grows, borrowers perceived by insurance companies as having riskier credit characteristics could be disproportionally burdened by higher insurance costs that undermine their financial stability.

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Letter to Regulators: AFR Ed Fund and Demand Progress Ed Fund urge the Federal Reserve Board to enact strong consumer protections into their FedNow system

The development of a real-time, ubiquitous payment system is an especially complex, expensive undertaking. Because of the scale of the endeavor, and its potential to impact the American public as a whole, we firmly believe the Board is the appropriate entity to establish a universal 21st century payments system.

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