Northern California Wildfire Victims Can File Claims With PG&E August 14, 2019 People affected by wildfires in Northern California in 2017 and 2018 can soon file claims for housing assistance and other...
PG&E Doesn’t Agree That Maintenance Played Role in Deadly Camp Fire August 1, 2019 By Jim Christie PG&E Corp. said in court papers on Wednesday that it “strongly disagrees” with a suggestion in a Wall Street Journal...
Judge Wants PG&E to Respond to Report It Knew Faulty Lines Could Cause Wildfires July 10, 2019 By Joel Rosenblat PG&E Corp. was ordered by a federal judge overseeing its probation to respond to a Wall Street Journal story claiming...
Investigators Blame PG&E Lines for Deadliest Wildfire in California History May 15, 2019 By Steve Gorman State fire investigators have determined that transmission lines owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co caused the deadliest and most...
California Weighs Buying Disaster Insurance Policy to Cover Wildfire Costs February 14, 2019 By Don Jergler California’s insurance commissioner and a lawmaker want to the state to consider buying insurance in the private market to cover...
Expert Ponders California Wildfire Commission, Other Solutions to State’s Severe Seasons January 29, 2019 By Don Jergler Establishing a California Wildfire Commission is just one idea an expert is tossing out to help the state deal with...
Insurance Covered $90B of Natural Disaster Losses in 2018, Leaving 60% Protection Gap January 22, 2019 The economic costs of last year’s 394 natural catastrophe events came to US$225 billion with insurance covering US$90 billion of...
Multiple Smaller Natural Disasters in 2018 Created ‘Unusual’ Insured Loss Picture: Willis January 16, 2019 Insured loss estimates from major natural catastrophes in 2018 totaled roughly $71.5 billion, the highest since 2011’s annual market losses...
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...
California Wildfires: Where Do We Go From Here? January 2, 2019 By Tom Jeffery, Senior Hazard Scientist This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. The last few months of 2018 were record-setting and heartbreaking...