Property Insurance: Data Needed to Examine Availability, Affordability, and Accessibility Issues

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed several issues regarding property insurance in urban areas, focusing on: (1) the types of data that are currently collected for determining the availability and affordability of property insurance for urban homeowners and small businesses; (2) the types of data needed to assess these issues if available data are not adequate; and (3) options for collecting data on homeowners insurance.