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Laura Morris’s house in Greenville, S.C., survived the punishing winds and rain of Hurricane Helene in September 2024. While her neighbors had trees fall on their houses or in their yards, her house ...

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Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...