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Tag: California Wildfires


Capital and Risk, Insurance

California Commissioner Issues Moratorium on Homeowners Insurance Cancellations in L.A. and Kern Counties

November 28, 2022

Via: Insurance Journal

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Nov. 19 emergency declaration. The commissioner’s bulletin shields policyholders within the wildfire perimeter of the Route Fire and in adjacent ZIP codes from […]


Capital and Risk, Insurance

Western U.S. Wildfires Have Made Insurance for Contractors a Tough Buy

May 25, 2021

Via: Insurance Journal

Things look bad with California’s ever-sooner wildfire season seemingly approaching and what’s shaping up to be a severe drought across the Western U.S. The plague of wildfires in the past few years in California have made things tough for residents […]


Activity, Insurance

Boosting Resilience to U.S. Wildfires Should Be Insurance Industry Priority: I.I.I.

November 6, 2019

Via: Insurance Journal

Nearly a year after the deadliest and costliest wildfire in U.S. history, insurers and the customers they cover are revisiting how to reduce their collective exposure to this risk, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). “While our research has […]


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Farmers Reports $1.2B in Claims from Northern California Wildfires

December 15, 2017

Via: Insurance Journal

Farmers Insurance reported it has received more than 4,000 claims from the Northern California wildfires to date at an estimated gross cost of $1.2 billion. With reinsurance, the Los Angeles-based carrier estimates its incurred loss will be $140 million, and […]


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California Policyholders Have 24 Months to Collect Wildfire Insurance Money

November 22, 2017

Via: Insurance Journal

California’s insurance commissioner says homeowners who lost their homes in last month’s wildfires in Northern California have up to 24 months to collect insurance payments. Dave Jones said this week some out-of-state insurance adjusters brought in by companies to help […]