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...
Unwitting Insurers May Be Subsidizing Marijuana Grow Houses March 5, 2020 By Jim Sams GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — While California has a $1.4 billion legal marijuana market, a black market of perhaps equal size...
Animal House: Squirrel Wrecks Home, Insurance Won’t Fix it January 8, 2020 ATLANTA — An Atlanta couple said they came home from a winter vacation to find their house had been ransacked...
New InsurTech Offering Brings Free Home Maintenance Visits with Price of Policy August 27, 2019 By Jim Sams Many insurance carriers offer their customers discounts on smart home products that protect homes from fire, water and theft. Some...
Homeowners Struggle After California Wine Country Fire August 29, 2018 By LORIN ELENI GILL Construction crews have already put up the frame on Cheri Sharp’s new house, but she still questions whether rebuilding was...
Wildfires May Make Homeowners’ Insurance in California Harder to Get August 16, 2018 By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL California homeowners may find themselves facing insurance headaches even if their houses weren’t affected by this year’s blazes. The California...
Fitch: U.S. P/C Personal Lines Results Decline Despite Auto Improvement June 15, 2018 Underwriting losses in the U.S. P/C personal lines segment moved higher for the fourth straight year in 2017, though this...
California Bill Intended to Clarify Mudslide Insurance May 22, 2018 By JONATHAN J. COOPER The California Senate approved legislation Thursday that seeks to clarify homeowners’ insurance coverage following deadly mudslides near Santa Barbara. Insurance...