House committee asks whether California policies are to blame for wildfires
GOP leaders claim overregulation contribute to devastating fires. Democrats point to climate change as a factor.
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.
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.
After California wildfires, neighbors face unequal recovery due to insurance crisis
Before a wildfire ravaged their Altadena, California street, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson were neighbors in nearly identical houses.
LA neighbors have vastly different post-wildfire rebuilding options due to insurance crisis
How they’ll navigate rebuilding is a story of contrasting fortunes and unequal recovery that reveals the nation’s growing home insurance crisis. Her insurance has already paid out nearly a million dollars and she is searching for contractors.
Best's Commentary: Wildfires Intensify Troubles in California's Property Insurance Market
In a new commentary, AM Best notes that policyholders in California had increasingly turned to the state's insurer of last resort and nonadmitted market for homeowners' coverage prior to the wildfires due to reduced availability from primary insurers.
LA wildfires highlight nation's insurance crisis as homeowners try to recover lost homes
The nation’s growing home insurance crisis is in the spotlight as Californians begin the long road to rebuilding after the deadly Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
U.S. hiring cools in January; unemployment claims in California increase due to the fires
U.S. job growth slowed at the start of the year, the government said Friday, as business services, manufacturing and other ...
5 things to know for Feb. 7: USAID, Missing plane, Artificial intelligence, California wildfires, Ukraine
USAID Around 10,000 employees of the US Agency for International Development are the targets of President Donald ...
State Farm Was All In on California—Until It Pulled the Plug Before the Fires
Insurer aggressively grew in Los Angeles, despite getting overweight on fire risk, but decided to cut thousands of policies ...
California Homeowners Could Get Payouts if Utility Company Started Fires
Southern California Edison's potential liability for the Eaton fire could lead to significant compensation for affected ...
California wildfires force students to think about the connections between STEM and society
The class also includes scholars focused on media studies, political science religious studies and science, technology and society. The course focuses on California wildfires so students can think ...
Republicans rip California’s wildfire ‘overregulation’ while Gavin Newsom seeks help for victims
AS Gov. Gavin Newsom roamed Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to provide more aid to Southern California wildfire victims, ...
LA Times Today: Edison under scrutiny for Eaton fire. Who pays liability will be ‘new frontier’ for California
The losses from past California wildfires sent one of the nation’s biggest utility companies into bankruptcy. So lawmakers ...
California governor meets Trump on wildfire relief
California Governor Gavin Newsom urged President Donald Trump on Wednesday to support federal disaster relief for his state ...