Wildfires Making Insurance Harder to Find, California Department of Insurance Says August 21, 2019 By Don Jergler Severe wildfire seasons have made it harder for homeowners to find insurance in high wildfire-risk areas, according to new data...
New Barry Insured Loss Estimate: Not More Than $500M, RMS Says July 23, 2019 Global risk modeling and analytics firm, RMS, has estimated that the insured U.S. losses from Hurricane Barry will not exceed...
Investigators Blame PG&E Lines for Deadliest Wildfire in California History May 15, 2019 By Steve Gorman State fire investigators have determined that transmission lines owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co caused the deadliest and most...
Insured Losses from November 2018 California Wildfires Top $12B May 8, 2019 Insured losses from the most destructive wildfire month in California’s history climbed $614 million in the first three months of...
Expert Ponders California Wildfire Commission, Other Solutions to State’s Severe Seasons January 29, 2019 By Don Jergler Establishing a California Wildfire Commission is just one idea an expert is tossing out to help the state deal with...
Insured Losses from Last Year’s California Wildfires up to $11.4B January 28, 2019 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday announced that more than $11.4 billion in insured losses have been reported from...
5 Lessons to Take Away from the California Wildfires December 28, 2018 By Don Jergler The California wildfires of 2018 were devastating, burning hundreds of thousands of acres, costing numerous lives and destroying thousands of...
California Commissioner Wants Insurers to Waive Inventory Requirement for Wildfire Victims December 13, 2018 California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones is asking residential insurers to pay at least 75 percent and up to 100 percent...
Allstate Says Losses from California Fires $670M, CEO Wants to Address Climate Change December 13, 2018 Allstate this week announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of November 2018 of $685 million, pre-tax ($541 million, after-tax)....
Official Figure on Insured Losses for 2018 California Wildfires Reaches $9B December 12, 2018 By Don Jergler The official tally for insured losses from this year’s major California wildfires is $9.05 billion – for now. California Insurance...