New Research Leads Homeowners to Better Protection from Severe Weather
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) unveiled an optional hail upgrade to its rigorous FORTIFIED Home™–High Wind standard, a voluntary set of above-code design, building, and retrofitting steps to strengthen homes against severe weather. Now, in addition to helping homeowners guard against wind, FORTIFIED offers a solution to better protect against hailstorms too.
Combined, FORTIFIED Home–High Wind & Hail helps homeowners in parts of the country that face multiple threats achieve extra protection from severe thunderstorms that generate high wind, hail, and tornadoes. The result is a stronger roof shown in field and lab studies to reduce the risk of damage.