LA County Told to Pause $4B in Abuse Payouts as DA Probes Fraud Claims January 30, 2026 By Maxwell Adler Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman asked the county to hold off on making initial payments for a landmark...
What A Community Foundation Learned Spending $100M After The LA Fires January 22, 2026 By Gabriela Aoun Angueira When fires broke out across Los Angeles on Jan. 7, 2025, Miguel Santana grasped the magnitude of the catastrophe befalling...
PE Firm TowerBrook Takes Stake in Insurance Claims Company MSA Mizar January 21, 2026 By Swetha Gopinath Investment firm TowerBrook is acquiring a majority stake in MSA Mizar, an insurance claims management services provider, marking its first...
Viewpoint: What The Return of California’s ‘Death Discount’ Means for Litigation January 14, 2026 By Katie A. Stricklin and Chelsea N. Cortes In California, historically, when a plaintiff filed a personal injury action relating to their own injuries and then died mid-litigation...
Less Than a Dozen Homes Have Been Rebuilt a Year After LA Wildfires January 9, 2026 By Alex Veiga and Gabriela Aoun Angueira On the first anniversary of the most destructive wildfires in the L.A. area, the scant home construction projects stand out...
Their Homes Survived The LA Wildfires; A Year Later They Fear Living in Them January 7, 2026 By Dorany Pineda and Jae C. Hong “DANGER: Lead Work Area” reads a sign on a front door of an Altadena home. “May damage fertility or the...
JPMorgan, Citi Extending Mortgage Relief for LA Wildfire Victims January 6, 2026 By Maxwell Adler California Gov. Gavin Newsom said a group of major banks have agreed to extend mortgage relief for Los Angeles wildfire...
Morningstar: A Year Later, LA Wildfires Were ‘Significant Stress Event’ for Insurance January 6, 2026 In a report one year on from the Los Angeles area wildfires in 2025, which started on Jan. 7, Morningstar...
Woman Who Lost Home in LA Wildfire Sowed Hope Where Her Home Once Stood January 6, 2026 By Alex Veiga Missi Dowd-Figueroa brought life back to the fire-ravaged plot where her home once stood—one sunflower at a time. The registered...
Insurance Payments Now at $22.4B From LA Wildfires One Year Ago January 5, 2026 Insurers have paid more than $22.4 billion on tens of thousands of claims from the Los Angles wildfires that broke...