Norfolk Southern And East Palestine Announce $22M Settlement in 2023 Derailment January 31, 2025 By Josh Funk East Palestine and Norfolk Southern have announced a $22 million settlement resolving all of the village’s claims arising from the...
Insurer Payouts at $4 Billion and Counting So Far for LA Wildfires January 30, 2025 By Don Jergler Preliminary data show insurance companies have so far paid out more than $4 billion for losses from the biggest two...
Pimco Warns LA City Utility Faces Steep Liabilities After Fires January 30, 2025 By Maxwell Adler The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is facing the risk of significant financial liability for damages in the...
Fire Destroys Air Busan Plane in South Korea, All 176 Evacuated January 29, 2025 By Heejin Kim and Soo-Hyang Choi A fire broke out on a plane operated by Air Busan Co. at a local airport in South Korea late...
Climate Change Made LA 35% More Primed to Burn, Scientists Say January 29, 2025 By Eric Roston Climate change made Southern California’s dangerous wildfire conditions in early January 35% more likely than they would have been before...
Chubb Expects LA Wildfires to Cost It $1.5 Billion This Quarter January 28, 2025 By Alexandre Rajbhandari Chubb Ltd. estimates that the wildfires that ravaged swaths of Los Angeles earlier this month will cost the insurer $1.5...
Southern California Edison Asked by Investigators to Preserve Gear at LA’s Eaton Blaze January 27, 2025 By Will Wade Fire investigators have asked Southern California Edison Co. to preserve its equipment near the site where the deadly Eaton fire...
Trump Questions FEMA’s Future Just When LA Needs It Most January 25, 2025 By Zahra Hirji Fire-wracked Los Angeles, facing its worst natural disaster in decades, has never needed the Federal Emergency Management Agency more. As...
LA Wildfires by The Numbers: Insured Losses, Total Losses, Ratings, Rates January 24, 2025 By Don Jergler The impact of the historic Los Angeles-area wildfires is being broadly examined and continually refined, with updates almost daily on...
Does 15-Year Roof Age Rule Discourage More Wind-Resistant Products? January 24, 2025 By William Rabb After Hurricane Milton swept through parts of southwestern Florida in October, aerial drone images showed condominium buildings with large sections...