Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Chartis Enhances, Expands Private Client Group’s Wildfire Protection Unit
Jul 16 2012 // Chartis has enhanced its Private Client Group division’s Wildfire Protection Unit, including geographic expansion and improved monitoring technologies. The Unit now is available to clients in the Texas cities of...
Colo. Fire Victims May Qualify for Immediate Flood Policies
Jul 10 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday announced that residents in Colorado affected by flooding as a result of the wildfire in Waldo Canyon and the wildfire in High Park could be eligible for an exception from...
Taking Account of Colorado’s Wildfires
Jul 6 2012 // As adjusters and homeowners have increasing access to fire damaged areas at the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado just how large a figure will result from what are likely to go down as the state’s two most destructive...
Paper: $110M Worth Of Homes Lost In Colorado Wildfire
Jul 5 2012 // A newspaper’s analysis indicates that Colorado’s most destructive wildfire burned homes worth a total of more than $110 million in one of the neighborhoods affected by the blaze. The Denver Post reports the...
Colorado’s Historic Wildfire Season Could Cost ‘Hundreds of Millions’
Jul 2 2012 // Insured losses from two wildfires in what’s shaping up to be a historic wildfire season for Colorado may be into the “hundreds of millions of dollars,” an insurance industry association executive said on...
Second Colorado Wildfire Makes for ‘Unprecedented’ Season
Jun 27 2012 // Following a fire that forced the evacuation of more than 32,000 people, Colorado continues to be plagued with an “unprecedented” wildfire season that’s shaping up to yield high-dollar values in terms of...
Colorado’s Early June Storms Among State’s Most Costly
Jun 27 2012 // New insurance claim estimates from the hail, wind and flooding that wreaked havoc on June 6 from South Denver down to Colorado Springs and again on June 7 in Northern Colorado and the Eastern Plains made it the...
Monsoons Bring Hope, Caution to Wildfire Stricken Western States
Jun 26 2012 // Monsoons are about the only thing right now that could bring much needed relief to wildfire-plagued Western states like Colorado and New Mexico, which are both on track to have fire seasons on a historic level – although...
New Colo. Wildfire Forces Thousands of Evacuations
Jun 25 2012 // A wildfire near Colorado Springs grew to more than 6 square miles on Sunday after erupting just a day earlier and forcing evacuation for 11,000 residents, according to newspaper reports. Colorado is having its worst...
Lloyd’s Details ‘Growing Impact of Climate Change’ as UN Meets
Jun 25 2012 // Lloyd’s has published a roundup of the environmental issues inherent in as the world grows warmer. The recently concluded Rio +20 Conference was an attempt – 20 years after the first conference – “to try to...
Campgrounds Reopen After Michigan Upper Peninsula Wildfire
Jun 22 2012 // Officials say several state forest campgrounds in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that were closed during a recent wildfire are completely or partially reopened. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced that...
South Carolina House Overrides Veto of Insurance Tax Earmark for Wildfires
Jun 22 2012 // The South Carolina House this week overrode Gov. Nikki Haley’s veto of a bill that would provide an agency with new, safer equipment to fight wildfires. Meanwhile, the House upheld her veto of a measure meant to help...
Chubb Expands Wildfire Defense Services in Texas
Jun 20 2012 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has expanded its Wildfire Defense Services to most of Texas less than a year after the state experienced its worst wildfire season on record. The free loss-prevention service is now...
Colorado Wildfire Rages: 189 Homes Destroyed
Jun 18 2012 // Another eight structures burned in the High Park Fire in Colorado overnight, bringing the tally to 189 homes burned and making it the most destructive fire in the state’s history, officials said on Monday. No...
Colorado Wildfire Burns Most Homes in State History
Jun 18 2012 // A wildfire in northern has scorched about 85 square miles of forest land and destroyed at least 181 homes, the most in state history. The destructiveness of the High Park Fire burning 15 miles west of Fort Collins...
Major Michigan Wildfire Contained After 3 Weeks
Jun 14 2012 // Officials say a major wildfire in the Upper Peninsula area of Michigan that started about three weeks ago has been fully contained. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources on Wednesday issued the update about the Duck...
West Drought Conditions Make For ‘Tragically Historic’ Wildfire Season
Jun 13 2012 // In what could be shaping up to be one of the worst wildfire seasons in recent memory, insurers are scrambling to deal with the aftermath of several massive wildfires in the region – and they’re preparing people for...
Insurance Associations: West Wildfire Season Could Be Among Worst
Jun 12 2012 // As the fire season begins in the West insurance professionals who’ve been around for a while are calling this potentially one of the worst in recent memory. The season is shaping up to be “one of the most...
Climate Change Will Alter Risks of Wildfire Worldwide: Study
Jun 12 2012 // Climate change is widely expected to disrupt future fire patterns around the world, with some regions, such as the western United States, seeing more frequent fires within the next 30 years, according to climate scientists...
UW Offers Website to Reduce Wildfire Risks
Jun 11 2012 // The University of Wyoming has established a website that provides ways for landowners to reduce wildfire risks to houses, cabins and outbuildings. The website address is BarnYardsAndBackyards.com. The website is part of...
