WATCH: Hawaii’s Home Insurance Crisis on PBS Hawaii

Posted on Mar 17, 2025 in Main, News Releases

Hawaii residents, like many across the country, face a home insurance crisis as the insurance industry grapples with the cost of multiple natural disasters like the wildfires on Maui in 2023 and in Los Angeles earlier this year, as well as hurricanes and flooding across the American southeast last year. State lawmakers are working on solutions.

Daryl Huff moderates this discussion with panelists:

  • Rep. Scot Matayoshi (D), Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Chair
  • Jerry Bump, Acting State Insurance Commissioner
  • Alex McLaury, Insurance Broker – ACW Group
  • Greg Misakian, Condo Activist (Waikīkī Neighborhood Board member, Kokua Council 1st Vice President)