KCC Estimates Losses From Palisades And Eaton Fires in LA to Be Near $28B January 23, 2025 Losses from the Palisades and Eaton fires near Los Angeles will be close to $28 billion, catastrophe modeler KCC reported...
New Wildfires Erupt in California, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate January 23, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Two new wildfires that erupted in Southern California are spreading quickly over dry hillsides and forcing evacuations, stoking new fears...
Report: Millions of Homes Exposed to Winter Weather Risks January 23, 2025 More than 31 million housing units in the U.S. will experience more than 30 days of winter temperatures below 32ºF...
Verisk Estimates Insured Losses for Palisades and Eaton Fires at $28B to $35B January 23, 2025 New estimates peg insured losses to property from the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angels together will fall between...
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 —...