Growing Concerns About Wildfires in Carolina Thanks to Kindling Left by Helene January 22, 2025 By William Rabb As southern California continues to suffer from wildfires, officials in another part of the country fear their area could be...
Treasury’s FIO Releases ‘Flawed’ Homeowners Insurance Report, Industry Says January 22, 2025 By Chad Hemenway The U.S. Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office last week released what it called the “most comprehensive data on homeowners insurance in...
Wildfire-Risk Models Are Struggling to Predict LA-Style Fires January 22, 2025 By Gautam Naik Among natural disasters, wildfires are the great unknown. Even the most-sophisticated scientific models fail to capture all the risk factors...
LA Braces for Fire Risk From Bone-Dry Winds as Winter Rains Lag January 21, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal Dangerous winds and drought will create extreme fire risk across Southern California Tuesday, putting more than 11 million people in...
InsurTechs Highlight New Approaches to Wildfire Insurance January 16, 2025 By Allen Laman While the Southern California fires that sparked in high-wind conditions last week inch closer toward containment, estimates of insured losses...
Fire-Ravaged LA to See Respite But Danger ‘Not Yet Passed’ January 16, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan, Laura Curtis and Lauren Rosenthal The dry, dangerous winds that have kept fire-scarred Los Angeles on edge for days are finally forecast to end —...
Los Angeles Is on Edge as Strong Winds Keep Fire Danger Elevated January 15, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan and Laura Curtis Los Angeles is bracing for critical wildfire conditions again as dry winds scour Southern California, creating the risk of more...
FEMA Maps Lead to Development in Flood-Risk Areas, University Study Shows January 15, 2025 By William Rabb A study by researchers at North Carolina State University supports what some critics of federal flood maps have said for...
LA Wildfires Losses Could Top $30 Billion for Insurance Industry January 14, 2025 By Alexandre Rajbhandari Wildfires that have ravaged swaths of Los Angeles could result in losses of as much as $30 billion for the...
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,...