LA Mayor Race Shaken by Wildfire Allegations February 6, 2026 Billionaire Rick Caruso is sticking with his decision to stay out of the race for Los Angeles mayor, despite raising...
EPA Outlines Trump Plan to Speed up Rebuilding of Homes Destroyed in LA Wildfires February 6, 2026 By Christopher Weber Trump administration officials traveled to Los Angeles this week to outline the president’s plan to override state and local rules...
Cluster of Quakes Felt Around San Francisco Bay, Including a M4.2 February 2, 2026 A cluster of earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday including a magnitude 4.2 temblor was felt by...
Trump Orders Federal Takeover of LA Wildfire Rebuilding Efforts January 27, 2026 By John Gittelsohn President Donald Trump signed an executive order that allows the federal government to preempt state and local regulations in the...
LA Fire Survivors Got a Rude Surprise That Could Hit More Americans January 20, 2026 By Leslie Kaufman A year after the Los Angeles wildfires, many survivors face the same problem: Their insurance policies aren’t paying out enough...
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...
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...
Top West Region Insurance Journal Stories of 2025 December 29, 2025 By Don Jergler California’s wildfire and homeowners insurance crisis were the most read stories in Insurance Journal’s Western region this year. It was...
California Commissioner Orders Moratorium on Cancellations Over Pack Fire December 19, 2025 Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered a mandatory one-year moratorium to prevents homeowners’ insurance cancellations and non-renewals for Pack Fire victims...
Viewpoint: What Marijuana’s Move to Schedule III Really Means for Cannabis Insurance December 17, 2025 By Ian Stewart The cannabis world is buzzing about a possible move to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the...