Solutions to Wildfires in Time of Climate Change Are Costly, Unpopular November 14, 2018 By Christopher Flavelle California’s deadly wildfires have a straightforward solution, experts say: stop building homes in places that are likely to burn —...
How Insurance Industry Might React to ‘New Normal’ of California’s Historic Wildfires November 13, 2018 By Don Jergler The “new normal” for California has yielded another year of record wildfires and billions of dollars in insured losses. Homeowners...
Will California See More Laws and Regulations in Wake of Wildfires? November 13, 2018 By Don Jergler Last year’s California wildfires destroyed thousands of homes and cost billions of dollars, but they also created numerous new laws...
RenaissanceRe Estimates Q3 Claims Costs of $155M from Natural Catastrophes October 18, 2018 RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced it currently estimates that the cost of claims from third quarter 2018 catastrophe events will have...
Report Shows California Wildfires, Climate Change Altering Insurance Landscape August 27, 2018 By Don Jergler Insurers may be non-renewing more in wildfire-prone areas of California, sending an increasing number of people to the residual market...
Fires May Make It Harder for Homeowners to Get Insurance in California August 14, 2018 By Sarah Skidmore Sell California homeowners may find themselves facing insurance headaches even if their houses weren’t affected by this year’s blazes. The California...
Trump Team Blames California Wildfires on Environmentalists, Sparking Backlash August 9, 2018 By Ari Natter and Eric Roston Scientists say California’s record wildfires have been fed by an abnormally hot and dry fire season made worse by climate...
Wildfires in California Are Mostly Burning in Rural Areas August 8, 2018 By Brian K. Sullivan, Mark Chediak and Romy Varghese Dry, hot and windy conditions are threatening to expand California’s largest wildfires, which so far are burning in largely rural...
Insurance Charity Responding to Historic California Wildfires August 7, 2018 By Don Jergler The insurance industry is responding to the massive blazes across California in a way that goes beyond merely paying claims....
California Commissioner Asks Insurers to Help Speed Wildfire Recovery Efforts August 1, 2018 California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Wednesday he is taking actions he says will help protect thousands of wildfire...