Report: Wildfire Fears at ‘All-Time High’ and Driving Insurer Decisions in Property Market June 12, 2023 By Don Jergler Despite a relatively average 2022 wildfire season, fears of wildfires remain at an “all-time high,” and those fears appear to...
California Funding Research to Develop New Wildfire Defense Tools September 19, 2022 The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is funding research to better predict who wildfires spread from burning wildlands...
Actuaries: Climate Change, WUI Building Led to Worsening Wildfires in U.S. and California March 17, 2022 By Don Jergler Increasingly large and dangerous wildfires are being driven by the effects of climate change and more building in the wildland-urban...
Insurance Industry Told to Expect Global Average Annual Disaster Loss of $106B: AIR October 26, 2021 By L.S. Howard The global insurance industry can currently expect a long-run annual average loss of $106 billion and a greater than a...
In the Face of a Severe California Wildfire Season, is The Oft-Used ‘Mitigation’ Word Too Little Too Late? July 20, 2021 By Don Jergler It may have been around 2017 when a true sense of urgency donned on insurers, public officials, residents and regulators...
U.S. Western States Preparing for Summer Wildfire Season June 1, 2021 By Andrew Selsky Wearing soot-smudged, fire-resistant clothing and helmets, several wildland firefighters armed with hoes moved through a stand of ponderosa pines as...
Colorado Forest Service Launches County-by-County Wildfire Risk Index September 1, 2020 The Colorado State Forest Service has launched a wildland-urban interface risk index. The county-by-county index uses housing density combined with...
Roadmaps for Wildfire Mitigation Provide Guidance for Suburban Neighborhoods August 19, 2020 New wildfire guidelines from an insurance industry home safety organization offer guidance for adapting suburban communities to the growing threat...
Not All Homes in Wildfire Zones Are Uninsurable. Here’s How Insurers Can Tell. May 22, 2020 By Jim Sams Fire-risk scores now used by insurance underwriters can sometimes can make it challenging for homeowners to find coverage. Zesty.ai, a...
How Forested Communities Are Trying to Adapt to Growing Wildfire Threat September 23, 2019 By DUSTIN PATAR and ANTON L. DELGADO Unless it’s Sunday, Kelly Loew is steering her rusty red Jeep down the same mail route in Shingletown, as she...