Californians Pushed by Wildfires into High-risk Insurance Market September 21, 2015 By Nichola Groom There are lots of reasons people live in California’s Modjeska Canyon. Nestled against the mountains and abutting the Cleveland National...
Wyoming Man And His Insurers to Pay $2.9M for 2012 Wildfire September 21, 2015 By Mead Gruver A man who accidentally started a 2012 wildfire that burned over a mountain and threatened the town of Jackson has...
California Wildfires Destruction Total Now Tops 1,000 Homes September 21, 2015 It has been several days since two huge wildfires in Northern California peaked in their ferocity, yet the damage they...
Firefighters Make Progress Against Raging California Wildfire August 5, 2015 By Janie Har and Kristin J. Bender Firefighters are reporting some progress against a Northern California wildfire that has charred more than 100 square miles of terrain,...
Report Sees Major Food Shortage as Climate Change Danger July 16, 2015 By Don Jergler Climate change reports and studies abound lately – as you will note from a previous column – but one recent...
SpaceX Cargo Loss is Government’s, but Rocket Costs and Backlog Uncertain June 29, 2015 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket en route to the International Space Station erupted in flames on Sunday moments after its launch,...
Alaska Wildfires Grow, Prompt Evacuations June 24, 2015 By Rachel D'Oro Intensifying wildfires in Alaska have led to evacuations in several parts of the state, including a tiny village where residents...
Another Alaska Wildfire Prompts More Evacuations June 16, 2015 Firefighters are battling a second wildfire in Alaska and officials say hundreds of homes have been evacuated and six structures...
Report: Wildfire Risk to Homes in West Tops $237B February 26, 2015 By Don Jergler In the Western U.S. there are nearly 900,000 homes representing an estimated reconstruction cost of more than $237 billion considered...
Insurance Council: No Hurricanes, but Bad Weather Plagued Texas December 3, 2014 As 2014 hurricane season ends the people of Texas can count themselves lucky to have dodged hurricanes for the past...