Pimco Warns LA City Utility Faces Steep Liabilities After Fires January 30, 2025 The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is facing the risk of significant financial liability for damages in the...
Washington Man on Workers’ Comp for 3 Years Caught on Video Carrying 48lb Table January 29, 2025 A Pierce County, Washington, man has been ordered to pay back more than $60,000 to Washington’s workers’ compensation fund after...
Trump Asserts Federal Government Power Over California Water January 28, 2025 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy President Donald Trump is asserting more federal government control over water management decisions in California and ordering U.S. officials to...
Insurance Commissioner Orders Advance Payments on Claims for LA Wildfire Survivors January 23, 2025 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is asking all California insurance companies to provide advance payments on claims for Los Angeles...
Moody’s Expects LA Wildfires to Increase Property Insurance Costs Across State January 23, 2025 Moody’s Ratings said in a report on Thursday that it expects the Los Angeles wildfires to increase property insurance costs...
KCC Estimates Losses From Palisades and Eaton Wildfires to Be Near $28B January 23, 2025 Catastrophe modeler KCC said insured loss from privately insured and California FAIR plan policies to residential, commercial and industrial properties,...
New Wildfires Erupt in California, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate January 23, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Two new wildfires that erupted in Southern California are spreading quickly over dry hillsides and forcing evacuations, stoking new fears...
Ash Left Behind by LA Wildfires Might Be Toxic, Experts Warn January 23, 2025 By Melina Walling Toni Boucher threw up the first time she saw the charred remains of her home and neighborhood after this month’s...
Wildfire-Risk Models Are Struggling to Predict LA-Style Fires January 22, 2025 By Gautam Naik Among natural disasters, wildfires are the great unknown. Even the most-sophisticated scientific models fail to capture all the risk factors...
Hawaii Fireworks Injuries Comparable to Those Seen on Battlefield, Doctor Says January 22, 2025 By Audrey McAvoy Some wounds suffered by six Hawaii residents flown to Arizona for medical treatment after a deadly illegal fireworks explosion on...