Catastrophe Bonds Linked to Wildfires Lose ‘Untouchable’ Status December 19, 2025 By Gautam Naik Alternative investment managers are starting to take a serious interest in catastrophe bonds tied to wildfires, moving into a risk...
LA Fires and US Severe Convective Storms Drive Insured Losses of $107B in 2025 December 16, 2025 By L.S. Howard Insured losses from natural catastrophes will surpass US$100 billion mark in 2025 for the sixth consecutive year – driven mainly...
Zillow Deleting Home Climate Risk Scores Reveals Limits of Flood, Fire Data December 10, 2025 By Eric Roston When Zillow Group Inc. removed climate risk scores from its home listings last month, following a complaint from the real...
Arizona Study Group Issues Report on Homeowners Insurance and Wildfire Risk December 5, 2025 A report from a regulator-created group found that a multifaceted approach to addressing wildfires and lack of insurance affordability in...
Report Asks Washington Lawmakers to Require Insurers to Better Track Wildfire Risk December 3, 2025 A working group on wildfires in Washington wants the state Legislature to consider requiring insurers to internally track instances in...
Massive Wildfire Liabilities Push Utilities to Use AI to Stop Blazes November 25, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Joe Wertz On the hunt for cheap and fast strategies to prevent deadly wildfires, utilities across the US and Europeare contracting with...
New Zealand Firefighters Say Tongariro Wildfire Is Coming Under Control November 10, 2025 By Tracy Withers A wildfire that swept across thousands of hectares of New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park appears to be coming under control,...
SCE Wildfire Fund to Pay Millions, Fast-Track Death Claims October 29, 2025 By Tim McLaughlin Southern California Edison said on Wednesday it would pay several million dollars each to families who lost loved ones in...
Industry Groups Applaud Bill to Treat Forests, Mitigate Wildfire Risk October 23, 2025 Insurance industry trades praised a Senate committee for the passage this week of the Fix Our Forests Act, a measure...
US Saw Record $101 Billion in Weather Losses Through June October 22, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal The US saw more than $101 billion in losses from severe storms and fires in the first half of 2025,...