California Fire Insurance

California's 'Regulatory Failure' Blamed for Wildfire Insurance Disaster

The California insurance crisis laid bare by the Los Angeles fires was fueled by "regulatory failure," economist Nancy Wallace told Newsweek.

LAist · 12d

This economist survived a wildfire. Now she's taking on California's insurance crisis

An economist's harrowing escape from fire and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.

JD Supra · 4d

California's New Insurance Fix Faces Multi-Billion-Dollar Wildfire Test

The Southern California wildfire crisis struck just when the Department of Insurance’s “Sustainable Insurance Strategy” was set to go into

The New York Times · 3d

California Asks Insurers to Spare Wildfire Victims ‘the List’

The state’s regulator wants insurance carriers to pay full policy limits without requiring victims to itemize every object in their destroyed homes.

LA Daily News on MSN · 3d

House committee asks whether California policies are to blame for wildfires

A House Judiciary subcommittee met Thursday to discuss fires in California and whether the state’s forest and land management practices — or other policies — have resulted in wildfires that could have been prevented or better contained over the years.

E&E · 3d

House lawmakers clash over roots of California fires

Republicans blamed “overregulation” for the deadly blazes. Democrats pointed to weather factors related to climate change.

2don MSN

For most L.A. fire victims, insurance won’t pay enough to rebuild

Experts say homeowners in fire-prone areas are increasingly carrying policies that may not cover the full cost of rebuilding.

The Hill on MSN1h

Newsom promotes bill to bring interest from fire-related insurance payments to homeowners

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) threw his support on Monday behind new legislation aimed at guaranteeing that ...

ABC 7 Los Angeles on MSN3d

Fire-ravaged LA areas faced high non-renewal rates for home, fire insurance before disaster struck

Dropped from your home or fire insurance? See which Southern California zip codes have the highest non-renewal rates.

16h

The wildfire profiteers: Insurance, corruption, and the Democratic Party’s complicity

The catastrophe wrought by the recent Los Angeles wildfires laid bare an undeniable reality: the Democratic Party, far from ...

Inequity seen after wildfires in California

Before a wildfire ravaged their street in northwest Altadena, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson lived next door to each other in ...

10h

Dave Fox and James P. Frantz on Navigating Recovery: Legal Insights for Rebuilding Southern California

A Conversation with the Experts: Legal Strategies for Rebuilding After Disaster. Produced by LA Times Studios in partnership ...

FOX 11 Los Angeles on MSN2d

Free mattresses available for California fire victims

Howard’s Appliance & Mattress and Serta Simmons Bedding, in partnership with the American Red Cross, is providing free ...

reinsurancene11h

AM Best highlights strain on re/insurers from California wildfires and rising FAIR Plan policies

AM Best, a credit rating agency specialising in the insurance sector, reports that the recent surge of wildfires across Southern California has deepened ...

13don MSN

California fire victims could recover damages from oil companies under proposed law

A newly proposed California state law would create a new pathway for victims of wildfires and insurance companies to sue oil ...

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Insurance commissioner: Wildfire victims should be paid without itemizing lost contents

Many Altadena and Palisades fire victims struggle to itemize the possessions they lost. Insurance Commissioner Lara says ...

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