Washington Commissioner Wants Insurers to Modify Claims Process for Wildfire Victims March 6, 2024 Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler on Wednesday sent a letter to insurers urging them to consider loosening personal property claim...
Hawaii State And County Officials Seeking $1B From Legislature for Maui Recovery February 26, 2024 Hawaii state and county officials have requested about $1 billion from the Legislature to help cover Maui wildfire recovery expenses...
Fitch: Homeowners Insurers’ Results to Improve In 2024 February 23, 2024 U.S. homeowners’ insurance is in position to improve in 2024, according Fitch Ratings. The rating agency said premium revenue growth,...
Texas Jury Finds LSD Did Not Cause Spinal Injury, Requires Occidental to Pay HO Limits February 21, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports When does a hallucinogenic drug become the direct cause of a catastrophic injury, triggering a homeowners’ policy exclusion? Not when...
Missouri DCI Highlights Cost, Lack of Earthquake Coverage in High-Risk Areas February 15, 2024 The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) issued an Earthquake Survey in December 2023 that shows a lack of...
Father in Gender-Reveal That Sparked Fatal 2020 California Wildfire Pleads Guilty February 13, 2024 A man whose family’s gender reveal photo shoot sparked a Southern California wildfire that killed a firefighter in 2020 has...
Home Fire in Alaska Kills Woman and 5 Children, Officials Say January 30, 2024 A woman and five children have died in a fire at a home in a small northwest Alaska village, Alaska...
Hawaii Officials Identify Last of 100 Known Victims of Wildfire That Destroyed Lahaina January 30, 2024 By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher The last of the 100 known victims of the wildfire that destroyed Maui’s historic town of Lahaina in August was...
The Hartford to Discontinue Writing New Homeowners Policies in California January 24, 2024 The Hartford confirmed this week it will discontinue writing new homeowners policies in California. The carrier reportedly has less than...
California May Face Major Flooding From Jan. 30: Weather Watch January 23, 2024 By Brian K. Sullivan The odds are rising that California and the West will be struck by a plume of moisture known as an...