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Southern California Edison: Details on Transmission Lines in Eaton Amid Wildfire Probe

Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, said on Monday preliminary analysis of data showed a “momentary and expected increase in current” on its energized lines in the Eaton Canyon corridor on Jan. 7 evening. Fire officials have …

California Storm Raises Mudslide Risk, Closes Interstate

Southern California will clock a few more tense hours as showers continue to soak the burn-scarred landscape around Los Angeles. While the rains are helping fight wildfires that have killed at least 28 and destroyed more than 16,000 structures, they’re …

Where Homeowners Rates Are Rising—and Who Is Raising Them Most

According to a new analysis of homeowners insurance rates, some Midwest states saw the biggest jumps in premiums last year—and American Family Insurance topped a list of 10 insurers ranked by average rate change. The analysis published by S&P Global …

Insurance Commissioner Orders Advance Payments on Claims for LA Wildfire Survivors

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is asking all California insurance companies to provide advance payments on claims for Los Angeles wildfire survivors. Lara’s order is designed to help speed the recovery process for wildfire survivors affected by several fires in …

Moody’s Expects LA Wildfires to Increase Property Insurance Costs Across State

Moody’s Ratings said in a report on Thursday that it expects the Los Angeles wildfires to increase property insurance costs across California. According to Moody’s, the state’s already noticeable insurance pricing and availability challenges are likely to intensify, with negative …

KCC Estimates Losses From Palisades and Eaton Wildfires to Be Near $28B

Catastrophe modeler KCC said insured loss from privately insured and California FAIR plan policies to residential, commercial and industrial properties, and autos from the Palisades and Eaton Fires will be close to $28 billion. That’s in line with estimates issued …

New Wildfires Erupt in California, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate

Two new wildfires that erupted in Southern California are spreading quickly over dry hillsides and forcing evacuations, stoking new fears in a region that’s been devastated by recent deadly blazes. The Hughes Fire, which began Wednesday and grew within hours …

Ash Left Behind by LA Wildfires Might Be Toxic, Experts Warn

Toni Boucher threw up the first time she saw the charred remains of her home and neighborhood after this month’s deadly Los Angeles-area wildfires. Now she wonders if it’s worth it to go back to sift through the ashes and …

Verisk Estimates Insured Losses for Palisades and Eaton Fires at $28B to $35B

New estimates peg insured losses to property from the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angels together will fall between $28 billion and $35 billion, which includes losses to the California FAIR Plan. The estimates out on Wednesday from the …

Wildfire-Risk Models Are Struggling to Predict LA-Style Fires

Among natural disasters, wildfires are the great unknown. Even the most-sophisticated scientific models fail to capture all the risk factors or properly account for the increasing impact of climate change. It’s a major problem for homeowners, insurers and investors, as …