LA Fire Investigation Will Take a Year or More, Edison CEO Says May 1, 2025 The probe into the deadly Southern California Eaton fire is likely to take a year or more as authorities examine...
New York High Court Unleashes Expanded Liability for Pet Owners April 29, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Dog and other pet owners and insurers in New York are now exposed to increased risk of liability in the...
Report: Insurers Pay $1.6B in Dog Bite Claims, as Frequency Soars April 25, 2025 Insurers in the U.S. paid out $1.6 billion as the number of dog-related injury claims rose significantly in 2024.
LA Wildfires Had Little Impact on Reinsurer Risk Appetite During April Renewals April 10, 2025 By L.S. Howard Property-catastrophe capacity remained adequate to meet demand during the April 1 renewals for U.S. reinsurance buyers, despite the record losses...
Tariffs Threaten to Push US Home Insurance Rates Even Higher April 8, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman With the Los Angeles fires in January and last week’s severe storms that brought flooding and tornadoes to the Midwest,...
Half of Homeowners Fear Losing Insurance as Costs Rise, Survey Shows April 7, 2025 Half of homeowners worry their homes will be uninsurable in the future, a new survey shows. The results of a...
State Farm Has Paid $2.5 Billion in Claims for LA Wildfires March 28, 2025 By Don Jergler State Farm has reported paying out $2.5 billion for the Los Angeles wildfires in January, more than double what the...
State Farm Wins Dismissal of Homeowners’ Class Action Over Use of Xactimate Software March 28, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action filed on behalf of Pennsylvania homeowners who believe that State Farm...
New Fire Maps Put Nearly 4M Californians in Hazardous Zones March 26, 2025 By Ben Christopher New bursts of yellow dot the hills of Mendocino County. Smears of burnt orange now span the aqueduct near Bakersfield....
Lawsuit: Downed Municipal Power Lines May Have Caused LA’s Palisades Fire March 25, 2025 By Rhea Rose Abraham, Shubham Kalia and Laila Kearney Several residents of Los Angeles who were affected by the deadly Palisades wildfire sued city authorities over claims that municipal...