Zurich Insurance Sees $200 Million LA Wildfire Loss February 21, 2025 By Noele Illien Zurich Insurance Group AG is expecting pretax losses of $200 million from the January California wildfires as the insurer reported...
Airbnb Billionaire Plans Factory-Built Homes for LA Fire Victims February 20, 2025 By John Gittelsohn Billionaire Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb Inc. and a board member of Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., plans to donate...
Farmers Estimates $600M in Losses from LA Wildfires February 19, 2025 Farmers said on Wednesday that it expects losses from the Los Angeles wildfires last month to reach an estimated $600...
California Insurance Commissioner Rejects State Farm’s 22% Rate Request February 14, 2025 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara did not approve an emergency, interim 22% rate request from State Farm, instead calling a...
Southern California Edison Gear Ignited More Fires in 2024 Than Previous Year February 14, 2025 By Tim McLaughlin Southern California Edison’s equipment ignited nearly 60% more fires in 2024 than in the previous year, mainly tiny ones that...
Insurers Have Now Paid out $6.9B for LA Wildfires, Report Shows February 13, 2025 Insurance companies have so far paid out more than $6.9 billion for losses from the biggest two of the Los...
Mercury Expects to Lose $1.6B to $2B from LA Wildfires February 13, 2025 By Susanne Sclafane Although Mercury Insurance Group expects gross losses from the 2025 California wildfires in the $1.6 billion-$2.0 billion range, potential subrogation...
AIG Q4 General Insurance Underwriting Income Down 29% on Catastrophes February 13, 2025 By Chad Hemenway American International Group reported fourth quarter 2024 net income of $898 million compared to $86 million the prior year, but...
Edison Probing Retired Power Line as Possible Start of LA Eaton Fire February 7, 2025 By Mark Chediak Edison International’s utility is looking at whether a power line retired in 1971 started the Eaton wildfire as part of...
LA Wildfire Losses Seen as High as $164 Billion, UCLA Says February 5, 2025 By John Gittelsohn Economic losses from the fires that tore through Los Angeles County in January range from $95 billion to $164 billion,...