Edison Utility Sued Over Role of Equipment in Los Angeles Fire January 13, 2025 By Jef Feeley, Mark Chediak and Malathi Nayak Edison International Inc.’s southern California utility was hit with a lawsuit blaming the energy provider’s equipment for igniting one of...
Los Angeles Fires Rage as High Winds Set to Return This Week January 13, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Laura Curtis At least two rounds of vicious, dry Santa Ana winds are expected to blast through Southern California early this week,...
Mercury General Wildfire Losses Will Hit Reinsurance Cover. One Event? January 13, 2025 By Susanne Sclafane Mercury General Corporation said it expects losses from wildfires burning in California since Jan. 7 to exceed its $150 million...
Insured Losses From Los Angeles Wildfires Rising: $8B to $20B January 9, 2025 Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new AccuWeather total loss estimates. With aerial firefighting returning as strong Southern...
California Wildfires Will Likely Lead to Large Economic and Insured Losses January 8, 2025 By Don Jergler Active wind-driven wildfires in Southern California that are estimated to have burned more than 1,000 properties and prompted evacuation orders...
Thousands Flee From Uncontrolled Wildfires Burning Near Los Angeles January 8, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Millions of people in California face at least two more days of dry, hot winds that have fanned fires across...
California Winds Drive Severe Fire Danger in Rain-Starved LA January 6, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Mark Chediak Exceptionally powerful, dry winds expected across Southern California this week are set to send wildfire risk skyrocketing in a region...
Moody’s: Northeast U.S. States in the Wildfire Spotlight December 10, 2024 By Firas Saleh States such as California are certainly experiencing a more ferocious wildfire season this year than a relatively quiet 2023. Combined...
Containment Increases on California Fire That Has Destroyed 168 Structures November 12, 2024 Firefighters battled strong driving a fast-moving Southern California wildfire that forced the evacuations of thousands of people and destroyed at...
Malibu Retrofit at $300,000 Shows Limits of Wildfire-Prepping November 4, 2024 By Nadia Lopez Evelin Weber and her neighbors fled their Malibu homes as the deadly Woolsey Fire tore across the California coast in...