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Wildfire Risk Upends California’s Cannabis Heartland as Insurance Vanishes
Sep 18 2024 // Hannah Whyte is one of thousands of Californians who have struggled to insure their property in the event of wildfire. Her 77-acre farm nestled deep in a wildfire-vulnerable forest lost its coverage from State Farm after...
California Commissioner, Cal Poly Humboldt Working on Public Wildfire Model
Sep 17 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Cal Poly Humboldt plan to form a strategy group to undertake what Lara says will be the nation’s first public wildfire catastrophe model. The plan is for the group...
In The Line of Fire: Key Insights from the 2024 CoreLogic® Wildfire Risk Report
Sep 16 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. August 8, 2024, marked one year since the Lahaina Fires in Maui, which scorched approximately 6,500 acres and destroyed over 2,200 structures, leaving the Lahaina...
California Commissioner Issuing Moratorium on Cancellations for Wildfire Victims
Sep 16 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has identified areas in the vicinity of the several ongoing large wildfires in the state that will be protected by a one-year moratorium on homeowners insurance non-renewal or...
Hawaii Probe Finds No Single Factor Led to Maui Wildfire Losses
Sep 16 2024 // No single factor led a fire in the seaside Hawaiian town of Lahaina last year to rage out of control and kill 102 people, according to a state report that assesses the government’s response to the disaster but not...
Cooler Weather in Southern California Helping Wildfire Battle
Sep 16 2024 // Cooler weather enabled firefighters to make progress over the weekend against three Southern California wildfires. Authorities have started scaling back evacuations at the largest blaze. The Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles...
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