Insured Losses From Los Angeles Wildfires Rising: $8B to $20B January 9, 2025 By Don Jergler Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new AccuWeather total loss estimates. With aerial firefighting returning as strong Southern...
Los Angeles Fires Become Existential Test for California’s Stopgap Insurer January 9, 2025 By Leslie Kaufman The conflagrations tearing across Los Angeles are on track to be among the most expensive wildfire disasters in U.S. history,...
Businesses Sue State Over New California Workplace Law January 9, 2025 California businesses are suing to halt a new state law that bars them from requiring employees to attend anti-union meetings...
Hub Acquires Woods Insurance Services in New Mexico January 9, 2025 Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Woods Insurance Services Inc. in Farmington, New Mexico. Lyle Love, owner and...
Oregon’s New Rules for Homeowners Living in Certain High-Risk Wildfire Areas January 9, 2025 By Claire Rush Oregon homeowners living in certain areas at high risk of wildfire will face stricter building codes and mandates to reduce...
California Wildfires Will Likely Lead to Large Economic and Insured Losses January 8, 2025 By Don Jergler Active wind-driven wildfires in Southern California that are estimated to have burned more than 1,000 properties and prompted evacuation orders...
Thousands Flee From Uncontrolled Wildfires Burning Near Los Angeles January 8, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Millions of people in California face at least two more days of dry, hot winds that have fanned fires across...
Mercury Insurance to Return to Fire-Ravaged Paradise, California January 8, 2025 Mercury Insurance announced this week that the company will begin writing new homeowners insurance policies in the town of Paradise,...
People Moves: Baum to Succeed Swedlow as President of CWCI January 8, 2025 The board of directors of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute named the institute’s chief operating officer, Gideon L. Baum, as...
Exxon Sues California AG, Environmental Groups Over ‘Smear’ January 7, 2025 By Kevin Crowley Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a lawsuit alleging that California Attorney General Rob Bonta and several environmental groups made defamatory comments...