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LA County Approves $4B Payout to Settle Sexual Abuse Claims at Juvenile Facilities
Apr 30 2025 // Los Angeles County officials this week approved a $4 billion payout to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959. The agreement reached on April 4 far surpasses a $2.6 billion settlement...
Arch Capital’s First-Quarter Profit Halves on LA Wildfire Losses
Apr 30 2025 // Arch Capital’s first-quarter profit fell 49.2% as catastrophe losses from the California wildfires weighed on its underwriting performance and investment returns, the insurer said on Tuesday. The results mirror those...
LA Utility Returns to Muni Market for First Time Since Wildfires
Apr 30 2025 // The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is returning to the municipal bond market with a $1 billion offering, roughly three months after shelving a sale in the immediate wake of historic wildfires that began burning...
Louisiana Dept. of Insurance Earns NAIC Accreditation; Names Leadership Roles
Apr 25 2025 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) said it has successfully completed the requirements and earned full national accreditation from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for its work to promote...
PG&E Misses 1Q Profit Estimates on Higher Expenses, LA Wildfire Worries Linger
Apr 24 2025 // PG&E Corp. missed first-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, as the power company was hurt by higher operating and interest expenses. Higher-for-longer interest rates push up borrowing costs for utility companies,...
A ‘Low-Attention Disaster,’ Mountain Fire Survivors Recover in LA’s Shadow
Apr 23 2025 // The ashes of Hatim Naim’s burned home lie just a few dozen miles west of the Los Angeles areas destroyed by January’s Palisades and Eaton fires. But because the Mountain Fire, which destroyed 182 houses and...
High Cost of Living Fears Made Worse by LA Wildfire in UCLA Survey
Apr 21 2025 // The high cost of living remains a main concern in America’s largest exacerbated by the January 2025 wildfires is one of the biggest worries bothering residents of Los Angeles County. A survey focused on the county,...
Report Highlights Louisiana’s Tort System as Barrier to Social Mobility
Apr 21 2025 // A report published by a Washington, D.C.-based think tank ranks Louisiana as the worst state for social mobility, and links the state’s lawsuit abuse climate as a factor for why many residents never get...
Louisiana Lawmakers Tackle Insurance Affordability Crisis in Legislative Session
Apr 16 2025 // The Louisiana legislative session is underway this week in Baton Rouge, where lawmakers are primed to address the state’s insurance affordability crisis. Governor Jeff Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple...
Southern California Edison Lays Out $925M Plan to Rebuild After LA Wildfires
Apr 15 2025 // Southern California Edison (SCE), a subsidiary of utility Edison International, said on Friday it had submitted an initial plan to rebuild the areas within its service territory that were devastated by the Los Angeles...
Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish Allowed to Proceed
Apr 11 2025 // A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward, a federal appellate court says. On Thursday, the...
Inside LA County’s $4B Agreement to Settle Sex Abuse Claims at Juvenile Facilities
Apr 8 2025 // Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said. The agreement, which still needs approval from the Los Angeles County...
Chevron Ordered to Pay $744M for Damaging Louisiana Wetlands
Apr 7 2025 // Oil company Chevron must pay $744.6 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making. The case was the...
Report Highlights Louisiana’s Tort System as Barrier to Social Mobility
Apr 4 2025 // A report published this week by a Washington, D.C.-based think tank ranks Louisiana as the worst state for social mobility, and links the state’s lawsuit abuse climate as a factor for why many residents never get...
Viewpoint: Smoke Damage from LA Wildfires Leaves Questions to Be Answered
Apr 2 2025 // The question has come up wondering if smoke damage is covered for those homes that were impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires but were not damaged by the actual fires. A cloud of smoke from a fire is larger than the actual...
State Farm Has Paid Out $2.5 Billion for LA Wildfires
Mar 28 2025 // State Farm has reported paying out $2.5 billion for the Los Angeles wildfires in January, more than double what the carrier reported paying out weeks earlier. “As of March 28, we’ve received more than 12,300...
California Agency Issues Guidelines for Healthcare Providers Affected by LA Wildfires
Mar 27 2025 // The California Department of Managed Health Care issued an all-plan letter designed to provide flexibility for health plans to assist healthcare providers impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. Related: LA Municipal...
LA Municipal Utility Says No Evidence Energized Power Line Caused Fire
Mar 26 2025 // A Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) above-ground power line near the Pacific Palisades was energized when the Palisades Fire began early this year, but that there is no evidence that the line contributed to...
Lawsuit: Downed Municipal Power Lines May Have Caused LA’s Palisades Fire
Mar 25 2025 // Several residents of Los Angeles who were affected by the deadly Palisades wildfire sued city authorities over claims that municipal utility power lines ignited the fire, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. The suit cited...
Wall Street Brokers Start Trading Insurer Claims From LA Fires
Mar 20 2025 // Wall Street brokers have started selling insurers’ claims tied to Los Angeles’ deadly wildfires, which may trigger a payout from the utilities blamed for the destruction, according to people familiar with the...
