Property insurers strike down on churches
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Looks like there may be no coverage for acts of God for some places of worship in Texas.
As reported by KXAN in Austin, hundreds of United Methodist Churches across Texas will be losing insurance coverage they’ve had for generations and are being told to seek coverage for such perils as tornados, hurricanes and fires elsewhere.
“We were notified…in the fall of ’23 that the carrier would not be continuing that coverage,” Kevin Reed, chair of the board of trustees for the Rio Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, told the news station. “They had found that it wasn’t profitable for them.”
About 300 United Methodist Churches within the Rio Texas Conference were under a single policy, Mr. Reed said. An insurance expert said it’s not uncommon for churches to lose coverage, and told the station that some can find individual coverage through local insurance agencies.
Mr. Reed said that strategy hasn’t been fruitful for some: “We have churches that still don’t have coverage.”
