‘Firehose’ of Flooding Rains Bring Landslide Risk to Hollywood February 5, 2024 By Josh Saul The Hollywood Hills and Santa Monica Mountains face life-threatening landslides and flash flooding on Monday as an intense atmospheric river...
Los Angeles Braces for Floods as Atmospheric River Nears February 2, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan California will get more flooding rains starting late Saturday, unfolding into early next week, as another powerful atmospheric river rolls...
PacifiCorp Fire Victim Who Leapt in River Awarded $9 Million January 24, 2024 By Rachel Graf A jury ordered a Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. unit to pay nine homeowners at least $62 million for failing to...
Florida to Borrow Billions to Backstop Insurers After Hurricanes January 23, 2024 By Nic Querolo Florida is planning to borrow as much as $3.8 billion to infuse a state fund that reimburses property insurers for...
New FEMA Rules Aim to Cut the Red Tape of Disaster Recovery January 22, 2024 By Rebecca Santana Anyone who has lived through a natural disaster and then applied to the federal government for assistance knows that it...
USGS: Nearly 75% of U.S. Could Experience A Damaging Earthquake January 19, 2024 Nearly 75% of the U.S. could experience damaging earthquake shaking, a recent U.S. Geological Survey report shows. A USGS-led team...
Secondary Perils Drive Global Insured Losses to Estimated $123B in 2023: Gallagher Re January 19, 2024 Non-peak (secondary) perils and record-setting weather and climate events drove global insured losses from natural catastrophes to an estimated $123...
Helping Maui Recover from Flames and Wildfire Prevention Top Hawaii Lawmaker Agenda January 16, 2024 By Audrey McAvoy Hawaii lawmakers are due to convene this week for the first time since the burning of historic Lahaina awakened the...
Climate Change and Homeowners’ Insurance Are on a Collision Course June 9, 2023 By Leslie Kaufman A summer that has already seen water crises and wildfire smoke is rapidly becoming an inflection point in the pitched...
Farmers Says Zesty.ai Wildfire Risk Assessments to Bring 30,000 New Homeowners’ Policies June 15, 2021 By Jim Sams Farmers Insurance announced Monday that California regulators have approved its plan to assess wildfire risk by using a tool that...