Similar reports are coming out of Florida. Generally, it seems the industry is pulling away from higher risk to climate change issues from larger storms or fire risk.
That's from https://www.bankrate.com/insurance/homeowners-insurance/flor..., which explains how the roofing scams work in that state. The legislature is working on it.
What's actually happening in Florida is the insurance companies are Janus entities. One part is an insurance company that's subject to rate regulation and the other part is a consulting firm that gets paid large sums of money from the regulated company and that's where all the profits live.