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USAA Becomes 3rd Insurer to Report $1B-Plus in Claims So Far for LA Wildfires
Feb 5 2025 // USAA has paid out more than $1 billion for the Los Angeles wildfires, making it the third insurer to report $1 billion or more in payouts for the destructive blazes that burned thousands of properties. The company, which...
LA Wildfire Losses Seen as High as $164 Billion, UCLA Says
Feb 5 2025 // Economic losses from the fires that tore through Los Angeles County in January range from $95 billion to $164 billion, according to a new report, potentially making the blazes the second-costliest natural disaster in U.S....
State Farm Seeking Interim 22% Rate Hike for Homeowners in Wake of LA Wildfires
Feb 3 2025 // State Farm General said on Monday it is asking the California Department of Insurance to immediately approve interim rate increases, including 22% average for homeowners. The carrier, the state’s top homeowners...
Louisiana Parish Cleared of Violating Environmental Activist’s Freedom of Speech
Feb 3 2025 // Louisiana parish officials who threatened to arrest and imprison an environmental activist as she attempted to speak during a public meeting did not violate her right to freedom of speech, a unanimous civil jury ruled...
Amid Clean up From LA Wildfires, Some Residents Furious Over Hazardous Waste
Feb 3 2025 // Not far from where Ceci Carroll lives, a rock-mining company has polluted the air with dust across the San Gabriel Valley, she said. Now, as crews clean charred remains from the Los Angeles wildfires, she worries about a...
Insurance Payouts at $4 Billion and Counting for LA Wildfires
Jan 30 2025 // Preliminary data show insurance companies have paid out more than $4 billion for losses from the biggest two of the Los Angeles-area wildfires that swept through the region and destroyed tens of thousands of homes earlier...
Exposed Utility Wires May Have Contributed To LA’s Eaton Fire, Law Firm Says
Jan 30 2025 // A law firm representing victims of the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles has submitted photos with a legal filing on Wednesday that appear to show exposed wire at the base of a Southern California Edison tower that the firm...
As Small Businesses Try to Recover from LA Fire Devastation, A Variety of Aid Exists
Jan 30 2025 // The fires in California have been devastating for many small business owners and others who saw their homes, businesses or livelihoods go up in smoke. Raquel “Rockey” Smeir startedMy Friends Café in Sierra...
Pimco Warns LA City Utility Faces Steep Liabilities After Fires
Jan 30 2025 // The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is facing the risk of significant financial liability for damages in the utility’s response to the Palisades Fire, according to Pacific Investment Management...
Climate Change Made LA 35% More Primed to Burn, Scientists Say
Jan 29 2025 // Climate change made Southern California’s dangerous wildfire conditions in early January 35% more likely than they would have been before the industrial era, according to a new analysis by the scientific group World...
Trucordia Acquires Louisiana’s CADA
Jan 28 2025 // Trucordia has acquired the insurance business of CADA Insurance Services which has multiple offices in Louisiana, including Baton Rouge, Chalmette, Gretna and Kenner. “The CADA Insurance team is a welcome addition to...
Southern California Edison Asked by Investigators to Preserve Gear at LA’s Eaton Blaze
Jan 27 2025 // Fire investigators have asked Southern California Edison Co. to preserve its equipment near the site where the deadly Eaton fire began earlier this month. The Los Angeles County Fire Department, the lead agency...
LA Wildfires by the Numbers: Insured Losses, Total Losses, Ratings, Rates
Jan 24 2025 // The impact of the historic Los Angeles-area wildfires is being broadly examined and continually refined, with updates almost daily on insured losses, total economic losses and damages, credit ratings—and lately worrying...
LA Fires Could Consume 30% of European Reinsurers’ Natural Disaster Budgets: Fitch
Jan 24 2025 // The Los Angeles wildfires could consume more than 30% of the aggregate natural catastrophe budgets set for 2025 by Europe’s four largest reinsurers – Swiss Re, Munich Re, Hannover Re and SCOR, according to a Fitch...
Florida, Louisiana Sugarcane Could Be Hurt by Winter Storm but Citrus Was Spared
Jan 24 2025 // Sugarcane crops in Louisiana and Florida, the only two states producing sugar from cane in the United States, could be hurt by the cold snap in the area, while citrus farms seemed to have mostly been spared, experts said...
Insurance Commissioner Orders Advance Payments on Claims for LA Wildfire Survivors
Jan 23 2025 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is asking all California insurance companies to provide advance payments on claims for Los Angeles wildfire survivors. Lara’s order is designed to help speed the...
Moody’s Expects LA Wildfires to Increase Property Insurance Costs Across State
Jan 23 2025 // Moody’s Ratings said in a report on Thursday that it expects the Los Angeles wildfires to increase property insurance costs across California. According to Moody’s, the state’s already noticeable...
Ash Left Behind by LA Wildfires Might Be Toxic, Experts Warn
Jan 23 2025 // Toni Boucher threw up the first time she saw the charred remains of her home and neighborhood after this month’s deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires. Now she wonders if it’s worth it to go back to sift through...
Rare Snow Imperils Texas Gas Exports, Shuts Louisiana Roads
Jan 22 2025 // A historic winter storm threatened natural gas shipments from one the biggest US export plants while heavy snow shut schools and airports in Houston and highways in New Orleans. A low-pressure system is dropping bitter...
Wildfire-Risk Models Are Struggling to Predict LA-Style Fires
Jan 22 2025 // Among natural disasters, wildfires are the great unknown. Even the most-sophisticated scientific models fail to capture all the risk factors or properly account for the increasing impact of climate change. It’s a...
