{"id":122,"date":"2026-10-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/?p=122"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:00:00","slug":"hail-resistant-home-upgrades-could-cut-alberta-insurance-premiums-by-up-to-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/23\/hail-resistant-home-upgrades-could-cut-alberta-insurance-premiums-by-up-to-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Hail-resistant home upgrades could cut Alberta insurance premiums by up to 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Homeowners in hail-prone Alberta could cut insurance premiums by up to 50% by using hail-resistant roofing and siding, reducing damage and improving coverage. Alberta has faced $6 billion in hail damage over five years, with Calgary hit hardest. Insurers are encouraging resilient materials, offering lower premiums, deductibles, and better coverage. Calls exist for updated building standards and financial aid for upgrades. Similar benefits may apply in hail-prone Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westcentralonline.com\/articles\/hail-resistant-home-upgrades-could-cut-alberta-insurance-premiums-by-up-to-50\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeowners in hail-prone Alberta could cut insurance premiums by up to 50% by using hail-resistant roofing and siding, reducing damage and improving coverage. Alberta has faced $6 billion in hail damage over five years, with Calgary hit hardest. Insurers are encouraging resilient materials, offering lower premiums, deductibles, and better coverage. Calls exist for updated building [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hongwang.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}