Don’t Look Up director Adam McKay says home insurance cancelled over climate-linked disasters

The director of thinly-veiled climate crisis allegory Don’t Look Up has said that his home insurance was cancelled due to climate-linked disasters. 2021 was the third most costly year for natural disasters in more than two centuries, behind only 2017 and 2005, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA). Many home insurance plans do not include natural disasters, and some towns hit by hurricanes in 2020 have since suffered sharp spikes in mortgage delinquency rates as residents struggle to afford repairs or extra insurance premiums. Some plans even cover natural disasters but not “named storms”, meaning hurricanes big enough to receive a name. The crisis has led California’s state government to impose “temporary” one year moratoriums on insurance cancellation for three years running.