New Hampshire lags other coastal states, ranking 14 out of 18, in a new report on building codes from the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety.New Hampshire was accompanied by Maine in a list of eight states categorized as “poor,” receiving.
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Florida, Virginia Among Top Coastal States in Insurance Safety Rating of Building Codes June 4, 2021
Florida has again taken the top spot for strongest building code with Virginia right behind in second place.
That’s according to the 2021 edition of the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) report Rating the States, which every three years evaluates building codes and the administration of code provisions of states along the hurricane coastline from Texas to Maine.
A strong building code is critical to reducing the damage and destruction caused by hurricanes each year, according to IBHS.
Top 10 States Ranked for Building Codes by IIHS
June 3, 2021
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety released the 2021 edition of Rating the States, its report evaluating building codes and the administration of code provisions along the hurricane coastline from Texas to Maine.
In the 2021 Rating the States rankings, Florida again takes the top spot for strongest building code with Virginia following one point behind on the 100-point scale. Notably, in this edition IBHS researchers identify South Carolina as the state to watch after significant positive code advances between 2012 and 2015. The Palmetto State now comes in at third place. Rounding out the top five are New Jersey and Connecticut. Meanwhile, neighboring North Carolina rates as most improved in the 2021 edition, gaining five points compared to its 2018 rating.