California Wildfire Outlook: ‘A Challenging Season for Firefighters’ July 1, 2024 By Don Jergler While the official start to California’s wildfire season is still a ways off, the best forecast of what’s ahead may...
The Top 15 U.S. Metros with High Exposure to Wildfire Risk May 6, 2024 The number of wildfires per year is going down, but the increasing size and intensity of the fires is creating...
California Sees Two More Property Insurers Withdraw From Market April 18, 2024 By Nadia Lopez California’s already strained property insurance market is facing a new challenge as two more insurers, Tokio Marine America Insurance Co....
AM Best Downgrades State Farm General Ratings April 1, 2024 Roughly a week after State Farm announced that it would nonrenew tens of thousands of homeowners and commercial apartment policies...
California Utilities Regulator Okays $45 Million Penalty for PG&E Over 2021 Dixie Fire January 30, 2024 By Rahul Paswan The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a $45 million settlement agreement between its Safety and Enforcement Division (SED) and...
Paradise Struggles to Rebuild Amid High Home Insurance Costs November 8, 2023 By Janie Har SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Heidi Lange was among the first to rebuild after the deadliest wildfire in California history destroyed...
PG&E Pledges $18 Billion to Cut Wildfire Risk in California March 30, 2023 By Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. plans to invest $18 billion in wildfire prevention through 2025 following back-to-back seasons of devastating blazes linked to...
Report Forecasts ‘Above-Normal’ U.S. Wildfire Season, Worse in Drought-Plagued West May 4, 2022 By Don Jergler The U.S. has in store an “above-normal” wildfire season if a prediction out on Wednesday from fire weather experts holds...
PG&E’s Criminal Probation to End Amid Ongoing Safety Worries January 25, 2022 By Jim Sams SAN FRANCISCO (AP)–Pacific Gas & Electric is poised to emerge from five years of criminal probation, despite worries that nation’s...
California Utility Says its Equipment May Be Linked to Fire July 20, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric equipment may have been involved in the start of the big Dixie...