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#1 Louisiana Man Sentenced for Multi-State Vehicle Theft Scheme
Dec 22 2025 // A Louisiana man was sentenced this month to 115 months in federal prison for his involvement in an alleged multi-state vehicle theft. U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Christopher Don Byerley, age 45, of...
#2 LA Fires and US Severe Convective Storms Drive Insured Losses of $107B in 2025
Dec 16 2025 // Insured losses from natural catastrophes will surpass US$100 billion mark in 2025 for the sixth consecutive year – driven mainly by January’s record Los Angeles wildfires as well as severe convective storms (SCS)...
#3 Insurance Payments Now at $22.4B From LA Wildfires One Year Ago
Jan 5 2026 // Insurers have paid more than $22.4 billion on tens of thousands of claims from the Los Angles wildfires that broke out a year ago on Jan. 7. The claims data, which comes from the California Department of Insurance, shows...
#4 Their Homes Survived The LA Wildfires; A Year Later They Fear Living in Them
Jan 7 2026 // “DANGER: Lead Work Area” reads a sign on a front door of an Altadena home. “May damage fertility or the unborn child. Causes damage to the central nervous system.” Block after block there are...
#5 Morningstar: A Year Later, LA Wildfires Were ‘Significant Stress Event’ for Insurance
Jan 6 2026 // In a report one year on from the Los Angeles area wildfires in 2025, which started on Jan. 7, Morningstar DBS Research issued a perspective that called the fires “a significant stress event” for...
#6 Less Than a Dozen Homes Have Been Rebuilt a Year After LA Wildfires
Jan 9 2026 // On the first anniversary of the most destructive wildfires in the L.A. area, the scant home construction projects stand out among the still mostly flattened landscapes. Fewer than a dozen homes have been rebuilt in Los...
#7 Progressive Approved for Personal Auto Rate Decreases in Louisiana
Jan 8 2026 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple has approved Progressive Security Insurance Company’s request for a 6.6% average rate decrease on its over 270,000 private passenger auto insurance policyholders and...
#8 Woman Who Lost Home in LA Wildfire Sowed Hope Where Her Home Once Stood
Jan 6 2026 // Missi Dowd-Figueroa brought life back to the fire-ravaged plot where her home once stood—one sunflower at a time. The registered nurse and mother of three lost her 1898 farm-style house in the Eaton Fire, one of two...
#9 JPMorgan, Citi Extending Mortgage Relief for LA Wildfire Victims
Jan 6 2026 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom said a group of major banks have agreed to extend mortgage relief for Los Angeles wildfire victims, as the area struggles to rebuild one year after the devastating blazes. Wells Fargo &...
#10 Company Hit With $9 Million Fine for 2023 Oil Spill off Louisiana Coast
Jan 9 2026 // Pipeline safety regulators this week assessed their largest fine ever against the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf off the coast of Louisiana in 2023. But the $9.6 million fine...
