Overnight, more details on the scale of the devastation caused by the wildfires burning in the Los Angeles region of California have emerged, with officials saying 10,000 structures have been destroyed across the two main fires, while estimates of losses continue to rise.Wildfires are still burning and containment percentages remains very low for the main … Read more
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new AccuWeather total loss estimates. With aerial firefighting returning as strong Southern California winds died down for a bit, damage assessments from a handful of destructive Los Angeles area blazes are sure to become clearer—likely pushing up billion-dollar-plus insured loss estimates put forth from fires that are … Read more
Moody’s RMS Event Response has estimated that private market insured losses from hurricane Milton will fall in a range between $22 billion and $36 billion, with a best estimate of $26 billion.The estimate includes only privately insured losses from wind, storm surge, and precipitation-induced flood damage from the event. It does not include any losses … Read more
In 2023, America hit a great milestone — the number of Americans without health insurance reached a historic low. And record numbers of people enrolled in health coverage for 2022, 2023, and 2024 in the individual market through the federal and state insurance marketplaces. These improvements were no accident. Today many more people can afford … Read more
