California Wildfires, Hurricane Michael Top List of 2018’s Costliest Natural Disasters: Munich Re January 8, 2019 By L.S. Howard The costliest natural catastrophes occurred in the United States in 2018 with one of California’s devastating wildfires and Hurricane Michael...
Prosecutors Say California Fires May Mean PG&E Violated Criminal Sentence January 2, 2019 By Sudhin Thanawala A California utility’s role in igniting wildfires last year could allow a judge to find that it violated terms of...
Lawyers Scramble to Get Piece of the Action in California Wildfire Lawsuits December 31, 2018 By Joel Rosenblat In a conference room 13 miles from Paradise, California, Doug Boxer explains to survivors of the state’s worst wildfire why...
Insurance Journal West’s Top Stories for 2018: California Commissioner Race, Hawaii Lava, Wildfire Losses December 31, 2018 By Don Jergler Another year down, and too many fascinating news headlines to count. Hawaii’s lava, the race for California insurance commissioner, and...
Most Insurers to Increase Payments to California Wildfire Victims Without Itemization December 28, 2018 California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said this week that most insurers were following a notice he issued requesting that residential...
5 Lessons to Take Away from the California Wildfires December 28, 2018 By Don Jergler The California wildfires of 2018 were devastating, burning hundreds of thousands of acres, costing numerous lives and destroying thousands of...
A.M. Best: Negative Rating Implications from Wildfires for California Capital And Subsidiaries December 21, 2018 AM Best has placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer...
Authorities: At Least $3B to Clear Debris from Homes Destroyed By California Wildfires December 14, 2018 By Paul Elias State and federal authorities estimate that it will cost at least $3 billion to clear debris from 19,000 homes and...
California Regulators to Look at New Blackout Rules to Prevent Deadly Wildfires December 14, 2018 By Mark Chediak California regulators have decided they need to step in and help determine when power blackouts are appropriate to prevent wildfires...
Allstate Says Losses from California Fires $670M, CEO Wants to Address Climate Change December 13, 2018 Allstate this week announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of November 2018 of $685 million, pre-tax ($541 million, after-tax)....