Former California Insurance Commissioner Carries on Climate Change Crusade September 9, 2025 By Don Jergler When Dave Jones first started talking about climate change and what insurers should be doing about it some 15 years...
US Government Says Southern California Edison Should Pay for LA Fire Costs September 4, 2025 By Chris Dolmetsch and Michelle Ma The U.S. asked a federal court to force Southern California Edison to pay for fighting a pair of wildfires that...
Viewpoint: Delay, Deny, Defend for California Wildfire Claims? September 2, 2025 By Dan Veroff and Derek Chaiken Eight months after the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in Los Angeles, commercial and residential policyholders continue to report unreasonably long...
Studies Tie Unrecognized Deaths, Health Problems to Hawaii And LA Wildfires August 19, 2025 By Mike Stobbe The toll of wildfires is usually counted in acres burnt, property destroyed and lives lost to smoke and flames. But...
Mercury Seeks 6.9% Rate Increase in Filing Based on New Cat Modeling Regulation August 15, 2025 Mercury Insurance said it has submitted a filing based on California’s new regulation enabling catastrophe modeling to be included as...
Porsches Destroyed by LA Wildfires Get New Life as Stained Glass Art August 8, 2025 By Hannah Elliott Ben Tuna is good at transforming rusted-out, patina-eaten wrecks into art. For the past few months, in a nondescript stucco...
KCC Completes Review of California Wildfire Model August 1, 2025 The California Department of Insurance completed a review of the KCC US Wildfire Reference Model Version 3.0, making it the...
California Commissioner Takes Action Against FAIR Plan for Smoke Damage Claims July 31, 2025 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is taking legal action against the California FAIR Plan Association for reportedly denying and limiting...
California Department of Insurance Completes Final Review of Wildfire Model July 24, 2025 The California Department of Insurance completed a review of the state’s first wildfire catastrophe model, marking a dramatic change in...
Edison Sets Up Compensation Program for Eaton Fire Victims July 24, 2025 Southern California Edison will set up a program to compensate victims of a deadly Los Angeles wildfire that it has...