The effects of rising energy costs are affecting more than how Americans spend their summer vacation.

According to Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MSB), the average cost of roofing shingles spiked 17 percent since last quarter.

In certain regions the company is seeing additional increases of as much as 9 percent since the end of July. As a result, MSB is issuing out-of-cycle building cost databases for its partial-loss claims estimating systems.

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