California Commissioner Holding Hearing on Homeowners Rates in Wake of Wildfires September 16, 2020 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said today that he will convene an investigatory hearing in October in advance of initiating...
3 Reasons People Don’t Buy Homeowners’ Insurance September 16, 2020 By Patrick Wraight I recently learned about two separate times when families lost everything when their homes burned. These are tragic losses and...
Colorado Wildfire Destroyed 25 Residential Buildings, 54 Structures September 15, 2020 A month-old northern Colorado wildfire has destroyed 25 residential buildings and a total of 54 structures, the Larimer County Sheriff’s...
Bad Air From Western Wildfires Just Won’t Ease up September 15, 2020 By Sara Cline and Gillian Flaccus Relief from putrid, dangerous air spewing from massive wildfires across the West won’t come until later in the week or...
CalFire: 14K Firefighters on the Line at 29 Major Wildfires September 11, 2020 As critical fire weather conditions subsided, firefighters accomplished full containment on one of the many fires burning in the state,...
Explained: How California’s Wildfires Could Spark a Financial Crisis September 10, 2020 By Ann Saphir Wildfires across the U.S. West are among the sparks from climate change that could ignite a U.S. financial crisis by...
Record 2 Million Acres Burned in California Wildfires September 9, 2020 By Marcio Jose Sanchez and Christopher Weber Wildfires have burned a record 2 million acres in California this year, and the danger for more destruction is so...
California Burns, Winds Kick up And Power Outages Follow September 8, 2020 By Marcio Jose Sanchez and Christopher Weber New wildfires ravaged California during a scorching Labor Day weekend that saw a dramatic airlift of more than 200 people...
Is It Covered? The Unimpeachable Case of What ‘Are’ Is September 8, 2020 By Bill Wilson One claim dispute I was involved with I refer to in seminars as “The Unimpeachable Case of What ‘Are’ Is.”...
California Wants Insurers to Reimburse Costs for Those Displaced by Wildfires September 3, 2020 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a notice to all California property/casualty insurance companies urging them to cover additional living...