Fires and floods are eviscerating US communities, intensifying the housing crisis
The wildfires levied significant long-term damage, with thousands of homes destroyed, billions in damages and a worsening of ...
Manteca Bulletin2hOpinion
Sacramento fiddles as wildfires burn mega financial hole in Californians’ pocketbooks
There’s a lot of blame to go around when it comes to California wildfires, high energy costs, climbing housing costs, and ...
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 ...
State Farm Was All In on California—Until It Pulled the Plug Before the Fires
The insurer aggressively grew in Los Angeles, despite getting overweight on fire risk, but decided to cut thousands of ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat14h
Battery plant fire in Monterey County raises concerns among residents who oppose project outside Petaluma
Opponents of a Petaluma-area battery storage project say the fire at Moss Landing Power Plant should be a warning of the ...
LAist14h
Farmworkers feed the country, but who protects them from wildfire smoke?
Thousands of farmworkers labored in fields in Ventura County in late January in wildfire smoke. They have little to no ...
California wildfires will cost insurers billions
The economic toll from the California wildfires is just starting to become clear. Allstate is the latest insurer out with ...
Capital Public Radio14h
Before they lost their homes in the LA fires, many lost their insurance
Over the past few years, tens of thousands of Californians have faced the same shock. Major companies like State Farm and ...
R Street Institute18h
Steven Greenhut Testimony, Hearing on “California Fires and the Consequences of Overregulation”
SUBMITTED STATEMENT OFSTEVEN GREENHUTRESIDENT SENIOR FELLOW AND WESTERN REGION DIRECTORR STREET INSTITUTE BEFORE THESUBCOMMITTEE ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE, REGULATORY REFORM, AND ANTITRUSTCOMMITTEE ...
Tracking Los Angeles Wildfire Insurance Payments: More Than $4 Billion in Claims Paid Out to Victims
The post Tracking Los Angeles Wildfire Insurance Payments: More Than $4 Billion in Claims Paid Out to Victims appeared first ...
Crain's Chicago Business20h
Allstate expects a $1.1 billion hit from the LA wildfires, but it could have been worse
Allstate Corp. said it expects about $1.1 billion of losses from the wildfires that ravaged swaths of Los Angeles last month.
State Farm asks for more insurance rate increases after LA fires
State Farm, which already has rate increase requests pending, asked state officials to approve more insurance price increases ...