Baby Fenway
Folks know that Commentary has been talking about the ridiculous high cost of home insurance in Texas. In today’s Chron, business columnist Chris Tomlinson writes we are stuck with the high cost. Here is the headline and sub-headline from his column:
Why Texas homeowners’ insurance premiums are rising and Texas lawmakers can’t slow it down
Texas lawmakers cannot lower your homeowners’ insurance, the root of the problem goes much deeper.
Here is how Tomlinson’s column starts:
Texas homeowners’ insurance rates are rising fast, and there is little the Texas Legislature or anyone else can do to slow them down.
Average premiums for Texans have jumped 43% since 2023 and will rise about $500 this year, according to Insurify, an insurance comparison shopping website. That’s only the beginning.
Insurance giant Swiss Re Group estimates natural disasters will cause $145 billion in global insured losses in 2025, up from $137 billion last year. The United States accounts for nearly 80% of global insured losses, with Texas, Florida, Louisiana, California and Colorado accounting for half.
Here is the entire column that you need to read: Texas homeowners’ insurance rates will only go up.
One solution that is mentioned is building homes and other structures that can survive hurricane force winds. I just don’t think skyrocketing home insurance premiums are sustainable. Complacency isn’t an option. Stay tuned.
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“Today” did a feature today on Home Run Ranch in Bells, Texas that includes a Baby Fenway Park. Home Run Ranch is a youth ministry of sorts that serves high school students. See Baby Fenway in the featured photo.
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Tags tweeted this after the Astros lost last night:
Astros record after 35 games the last five seasons:
2025: 17-18
2024: 12-23
2023: 17-18
2022: 23-12
2021: 18-17
I don’t want to revisit this, but I will. When we traded Kyle Tucker and didn’t sign Alex Bregman, we lost veteran leadership. They need veteran leaders right now to tell the team to start playing winning baseball.
