Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Nov 4 2007 // Catastrophic wildfires sweep across Southern California Industry estimates insured losses at more than $1.5 billion and rising Insured losses are continuing to accumulate from Southern California wildfires that burned in...
States under cover
Nov 4 2007 // Natural catastrophes — and the affordability and availability of property insurance in disaster-prone areas — have been on center stage in coastal states from the Northeast to the Gulf Coast. This fall, the...
Calif. Wildfire Claims Up To About 14,000
Oct 31 2007 // Roughly 14,000 insurance claims have been filed as a result of last week’s fire and wind storms, according to the Insurance Information Network of California. Working in partnership with the Insurance Information...
Fires Over, But Calif. Should Assess Flood Risks
Oct 30 2007 // Trusted Choice agents, along with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) and IBA West, have teamed up to aid California residents in need in the aftermath of the devastating...
Avocado Crops Hard Hit by Wildfires
Oct 30 2007 // Wind-driven wildfires that torched Southern California have charred fruit orchards, wilted flowers and littered the ground with avocados, delivering a devastating blow to area farmers already reeling from a deep winter...
Analyst: Wildfire Losses Estimated To Be At Least $1.5 Billion
Oct 29 2007 // Using the latest information on current and forecast fire perimeters and observed wind speeds, catastrophe risk modeling company AIR Worldwide Corp. estimates insured losses from California wildfires will be at least 1.5...
Assessing and managing wildfire risk
Oct 27 2007 // This summer, much of the western United States was in flames. Wildfires spurred by above-normal spring and summer temperatures, and one of the worst droughts in decades charred several million acres across the 11 western...
Insurers Rebut Claims Policies Will Be Cancelled Due to Wildfires
Oct 26 2007 // Insurance industry associations in California are hoping to quell concerns stirred up they say by the media and politicians that indicate homeowners’ policies would be cancelled because of the wildfires. The...
Fitch: Calif. Wildfires May Be Largest U.S. Wildfire Insured Loss Ever
Oct 25 2007 // Insured losses from wildfires continuing to spread in Southern California could likely become the costliest catastrophe insured loss event in 2007 and may potentially become the costliest wildfire catastrophe insured loss...
Santa Ana Winds Continue to Fuel Southern California Wildfires
Oct 24 2007 // Major fires continue to burn in Southern California, in some cases fueling new fires. There are currently 15 fires burning 414,013 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The large number of separate...
Fireman’s Fund Offering Wildfire Recovery Services to Agents
Oct 24 2007 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. announced it is offering all Southern California customers — homeowners and commercial customers — and independent agents free wildfire recovery...
Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association Offers Fire Safety Tips
Oct 24 2007 // The wildfires burning out of control in Southern California should sound an alarm for homeowners to prepare for disasters before they strike. Homeowners need to have an evacuation plan in place and make sure they have...
Southern California’s National Banks Near Wildfires Told They Can Close
Oct 23 2007 // The federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency today issued a proclamation allowing national bank offices affected by the wildfires in southern California to close at their discretion. In issuing the proclamation,...
Insurance Industry Assessing Calif. Wildfires, Sends in Assistance
Oct 23 2007 // Insurance industry professionals are rallying the troops, bringing in claims professionals and others to assist in battling several major wildfires burning across Southern California. On Sunday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Insurance Group Answers Consumer Questions Raised by Wildfires
Oct 23 2007 // After a wildfire, people usually have questions about the coverage provided by a typical homeowners or auto insurance policy. The Insurance Information Network of California offers answers to some of these basic...
Insurers Say Calif. Wildfire Claims May Reach $500 Million
Oct 23 2007 // Exclusive Video California Wildfires: Insurance Industry Assesses Impact California Wildfires: Insurers On Site at Evacuation Centers The insurance industry is estimating that the damage from the wildfires in southern...
More than 600 Southern California Homes Lost to Unchecked Wildfires
Oct 23 2007 // Hundreds of homes were reduced to ashes Monday as wildfires blown by fierce desert winds raced across a huge swath of Southern California extending from Malibu to the Mexican border, forcing a quarter of a million people...
California Wildfire Threatens Pepperdine U., Upscale Neighborhoods
Oct 22 2007 // A wildfire driven by powerful Santa Ana winds in California’s Malibu Hills on Sunday threatened a university, destroyed at least one home and forced the evacuation of hundreds more, authorities said. About 400...
Tennessee’s Wildfire Season is off to a Brisk Start
Oct 19 2007 // The Tennessee wildfire season is here, but a hot and dry summer brought an early start. East Tennessee has been hardest hit, with fires burning more than 23,000 acres. Firefighters contained a wildfire that covered about...
San Bernardino Mountains Wildfire Recovery Will Take Years
Oct 18 2007 // Forestry officials say recovery will take years in the San Bernardino Mountains area scarred by last month’s 13,825-acre Butler II wildfire. People, animals and roadways will be threatened for years, and the...
