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...
1-in-7 U.S Homeowners Uninsured, Report Shows March 24, 2025 Nearly one-in-seven U.S. homes are uninsured, and 11.3 million out of 82.9 million owner-occupied homes (13.6%) are uninsured, a new...
The Evolution of Homeowners Insurance in California—From Niche to Necessity March 18, 2025 By Mikhail Gorshunov For many years, the homeowners insurance market operated as a relatively stable and predictable sector in California. Changes were incremental,...
Next Round of Inspections in LA Fire Expected Next Week, Edison CEO Says March 14, 2025 By Laila Kearney Southern California Edison will begin its first close-up physical inspections of certain power equipment under investigation for possible links to...
Insurers Have Paid $12B in Claims for LA Wildfires, Report Shows March 12, 2025 Insurance companies have so far paid out more than $12 billion for losses from the two biggest of the Los...
State Farm Stronger as Underwriting Losses Shrink—But Not in California March 4, 2025 By Susanne Sclafane After reporting a $13 billion underwriting loss in 2022 and $14 billion in 2023, State Farm recorded another underwriting loss...
ZestyAI: More Than $2 Trillion in US Homes at High Risk of Wildfires February 28, 2025 While Western wildfires have dominated disaster news for decades, new analysis using artificial intelligence shows millions of homes across the...
Edison Says Wildfire Fund May Shield Balance Sheet From LA Fire Claims February 28, 2025 By Laila Kearney in New York and Tim McLaughlin California’s $21 billion wildfire fund may shield Edison International’s balance sheet if equipment owned by the company’s electric utility is...
Munich Re Faces $1.3 Billion in Claims From Los Angeles Wildfires February 26, 2025 By Tom Sims and Alexander Huebner Germany’s Munich Re expects about 1.2 billion euros ($1.26 billion) in claims resulting from the Los Angeles wildfires, it said...