Should Upcoming California Commissioner’s Hearing on Wildfires Concern Insurers? October 16, 2020 By Don Jergler Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will convene a “virtual investigatory hearing” on Monday to initiate a series of regulatory actions that...
California Heat Wave Prompts Power Shutdowns, Wildfire Danger October 16, 2020 By Olga R. Rodriguez More than 50,000 California utility customers were without power and others around the state were urged to conserve electricity Thursday...
California Commissioner Asks Insurers to Cover Wildfire Losses Sans Home Inventory October 2, 2020 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is asking insurance companies help wildfire survivors by providing up to 100% of personal property...
Report: Nearly 2M Homes at Elevated Risk of Wildfire September 30, 2020 Nearly 2 million homes, mostly in the Western U.S., with a rebuilding value of more than $638 billion are at...
Online Platform Kin Insurance Expanding to California September 29, 2020 Kin Insurance announced it will begin serving California with its online platform to enable homeowners to obtain insurance quotes, customize...
Western Wildfires Taint Vineyards With Taste Of Smoke September 25, 2020 By Andrew Selsky Smoke from the West Coast wildfires has tainted grapes in some of the nation’s most celebrated wine regions with an...
Few Resources, Old-Growth Forest Allowed Growth of California Wildfire September 23, 2020 By Christopher Weber A lack of firefighting resources in the hours after it was sparked allowed a fast-moving wildfire to make an unprecedented...
California Burnin’ – a Warning Against One-Party Rule: Opinion September 22, 2020 By Niall Ferguson, Bloomberg Opinion “California, folks, is America fast forward.” Thus said Governor Gavin Newsom, hoarsely, amid brown smoke at the North Complex Fire...
Fire Weather May Improve for Pacific Northwest, No Such Luck for Tinderbox California September 18, 2020 By Don Jergler Rains may bring some reprieve to those suffering from massive blazes in the Pacific Northwest in the next few weeks,...
Moody’s Says Property/Casualty Insurers Face Significant Losses from Western Wildfires September 17, 2020 Dozens of wildfires raging in California, Oregon, Washington and other Western states have resulted in loss of life, damaged or...