California Commissioner Wants Rate Transparency Rules for Wildfire Risk February 23, 2021 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has proposed new rules to give homeowners and businesses open access to their properties’ wildfire...
Insurers Expect ‘Hundreds of Thousands’ of Claims from Texas Storm February 19, 2021 By Suzanne Barlyn U.S. property insurers are bracing for claims for damage from collapsing roofs, bursting pipes and lost business as Texas takes...
Winter Storm Uri to Generate Billions in Insured Losses: Moody’s February 18, 2021 The massive winter storm that barreled through the mid-section of the United States and across the South in mid-February, hitting...
Most Oregonians Applying for Disaster Aid After 2020 Wildfires Denied February 16, 2021 More than 24,000 Oregonians applied for federal disaster assistance after the catastrophic 2020 wildfires and about 57% of them were...
California to Establish Home And Community Hardening Standards for Insurance February 8, 2021 By Don Jergler California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday announced a new partnership between the California Department of Insurance and Gov. Gavin...
Insurtech Hippo in Talks to Go Public via Merger With SPAC: Bloomberg February 7, 2021 By Gillian Tan, Katherine Chiglinsky, Sarah McBride and Katie Roof Hippo, an insurance technology startup, is in talks to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company,...
Homeowners Insurer, Openly, Expands Into Wisconsin February 2, 2021 Openly, based in Boston, is now offering its homeowners insurance products and services in Wisconsin. More than 500 independent agents...
Homeowners Claims, Delays Top Louisiana 2020 Storm Complaints January 22, 2021 The majority of complaint Louisiana insurance regulators have received in relation to the historic 2020 hurricane season concern homeowners insurance....
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Homeowners Coverage Into Georgia, Utah January 14, 2021 Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Georgia and Utah to the list of states where the insurer offers its...
California Wildfire Survivors Urged to Call FEMA Helpline by Dec. 16 December 11, 2020 People with losses due to the California wildfires in Fresno, Los Angeles, Madera, Mendocino, Napa, San Bernardino, San Diego, Shasta,...