More SE States Pushing Funding, Discounts for Stronger Roofs as Storms Increase January 10, 2025 By William Rabb A residual property insurer and regulators in two Southeastern states are emphasizing roof integrity, more signs that mitigation and prevention...
Moody’s: Northeast U.S. States in the Wildfire Spotlight December 10, 2024 By Firas Saleh States such as California are certainly experiencing a more ferocious wildfire season this year than a relatively quiet 2023. Combined...
Fire Mitigation Industry Terror: NYC Gang Member Convicted of Extortion, Racketeering February 23, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A gang member who ran a fire restoration company has been convicted of using violence, threats of violence, and extortion...
Are Billions in Wind Mitigation the Answer for Florida’s Insurance Problems? December 19, 2023 By William Rabb While Florida’s property insurance landscape appears to be leveling out, much more funding is needed to fortify homes against hurricane...
Explainer: Factors Behind Sydney’s Recent Flood Emergencies July 7, 2022 By Rod McGuirk CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Parts of Australia’s largest city have been inundated by four major floods since March last year,...
Close Calls, or Worse, Spark Push for Wildfire Mitigation June 7, 2021 By Shannon Mullane DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — As the Missionary Ridge Fire raged in 2002, the Valley Fire, a second fire, broke out...
As Drought Intensifies, California Seeing More Wildfires May 26, 2021 By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As California sinks deeper into drought it already has had more than 900 additional wildfires than...
California AG Challenges Housing Plans in Wildfire Areas March 19, 2021 By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general is challenging some of the state’s largest suburban development projects as local officials...
California Sets Home Hardening Standards to Lower Fire Risks February 10, 2021 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As consecutive years of catastrophic wildfires in California drive up the cost of insuring homes, state...
The Small Riverside Town of Mosby, Missouri, is Disappearing One House at a Time November 25, 2019 By David A. Lieb MOSBY, Mo. — Tammy Kilgore raised the giant claw of a John Deere excavator high in the air, then slammed...