Latest Wildfire Headlines
All the headlines from our Wildfire Topic Page, ordered by recency.
It’s Fire Season: Time to Brush Up on Coverage and Prevention
Aug 27 2001 // Take an influx of homeowners moving into what was once open land, add a rainy winter which has fueled the growth of brush and vegetation, and you have a potential recipe for disaster. As of Aug. 15, close to 300 wildfires...
WILDFIRES WON’T QUIT
Sep 4 2000 // Nearly 65,000 wildfires have burned more than 4.3 million acres this year, causing an estimated $100 million in insured property damage, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). Currently, 82 wildfires...
An Estimated $100 Million in Insured Losses Ignited by Wildfires
Aug 15 2000 // Nearly 65,000 wildfires have burned more than 4.3 million acres this year, causing an estimated $100 million in insured property damage, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). Currently, 82 wildfires...
Montana State Auditor Orders Insurers to Drop Wildfire-Related Moratoriums
Aug 4 2000 // State Auditor Mark O’Keefe told all property and casualty insurance companies doing business in Montana to lift all blanket wildfire-related moratoriums on new or increased levels of property insurance, or face...
Western States Blazing Away in Summer Wildfires
Aug 3 2000 // Thirty-five major wildfires are blazing across the Western states in the dry months of late summer, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. The fires are currently being tackled by 20,000...
Insurers Will Pay Nearly $70 Million In New Mexico Brush Fire
May 30 2000 // Insurers will pay an estimated $70 million on more than 6,000 claims resulting from the Cerro Grande, N.M. wildfire that raged out of control for nearly three weeks after it was ignited by the National Park Service,...
