California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and a group of state lawmakers are pushing a 10-bill legislative package designed to improve disaster preparedness and help protect wildfire survivors. The bills intended focus are on consumer protection, climate resiliency and market strength. Among the proposals are a statewide grant program to assist with wildfire hardening, protections for … Read more
Euler ILS Partners, the specialist insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment manager, has issued an updated event report for the California wildfires, saying it believes the insurance industry loss may sit between $23 billion to $33 billion.In January, the investment manager released its first event report from the wildfires, where analysts initially estimated that insured losses from … Read more
Meteorologists are warning of an elevated risk of dangerous debris flows and destructive mudslides in Southern California next week in areas scorched by destructive Los Angeles wildfires. AccuWeather meteorologists expect between 2 inches and 4 inches of rain near the Eaton and Palisades burn scar areas in L.A. Wednesday through Thursday The oncoming storm may … Read more
Mercury General Corporation, one insurance company with meaningful exposure to claims from the Los Angeles, California wildfires, has said today that it has not yet determined whether it will consider the fires as two separate events under its reinsurance arrangements.Previously, Mercury had explained that it expected the California wildfires would result in losses for the … Read more
Using Cal Fire to determine how you should be managing your home’s wildfire risk? While Cal Fire is a good resource, the truth is your insurance company could be using a much stricter standard. If you were cancelled and are trying to purchase your next homeowner’s insurance policy, then it’s important to know what to … Read more