Latest Wildfire Headlines
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Europeans Lack Insurance Protection as Wildfires and Drought Batter the Region
Aug 3 2023 // Europeans are among the least insured against certain types of extreme weather and other natural disasters in the developed world, a predicament made more worrisome as the continent suffers a summer of devastating heat,...
Blazing a New Trail: Oregon Wildfire Regulatory Compliance
Aug 2 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Due to the ever-changing insurance market, property and casualty insurers across the country face multiple challenges today that can commonly disrupt their business...
Some Gains Made on 80K Acre Southern California Wildfire
Aug 1 2023 // Containment on an 80,000-plus-acre wildfire in Southern California grew to 23% on Tuesday, as firefighters made some progress against the state’s most massive ongoing blaze. It was listed as being at 0% containment a...
Wildfire Risk Climbs for Spain as Heat Wave Moves to Iberia
Jul 31 2023 // The focus of Europe’s heat is switching to Spain, with a high risk of wildfires in southern parts of the Iberian peninsula. Southern Spain is expected to exceed 40C (104F) on Monday, with regions around Cordoba under...
Update: Greece Fights Almost 200 Wildfires as Wind Raises Risk in Mediterranean
Jul 27 2023 // Greece is fighting almost 200 wildfires as strengthening winds put a sting in the tail of the Mediterranean’s fading heat wave. More villages in mainland Greece were evacuated on Thursday as blazes threatened, while...
Markets/Coverages: New Lloyd’s Syndicate Provides E&S Cover for Calif. Wildfire Risks
Jul 26 2023 // Wildfire Defense Systems Inc., Polo Managing Agency Ltd. (PMA) and Aon, announced Lloyd’s has approved the launch of Wildfire Defense Syndicate 1996, which started underwriting on July 1, 2023. Created under...
Greece Wildfires Raise Questions for Tourists About Their Travel Insurance Cover
Jul 25 2023 // Wildfires and evacuations on the Greek island of Rhodes, and a heat wave blasting much of southern Europe, have raised questions for tourists about their travel insurance coverage. As the threat of fires remains high...
Wildfires Rage Across Greece With Record Heat Forecast for Italy
Jul 24 2023 // Wildfires are raging across Greece after about 19,000 people were evacuated from the island of Rhodes over the weekend, while record temperatures are forecast for Sardinia. Over the past 24 hours, 162 fires have been...
Containment of Massive Southern California Wildfire Grows
Jul 19 2023 // Fire crews built containment lines and patrolled for hot spots throughout the day on Wednesday to continue to keep a massive Southern California wildfire from growing. Containment on the Rabbit Fire grew to 55% with...
Utility Investors Wary of Exposures After Buffet’s PacifiCorp Held Liable for Wildfires
Jul 19 2023 // Destructive wildfires are now an almost routine part of summer in the American West, and electrical utilities have likewise become used to having their power lines and equipment blamed for igniting the blazes. But a jury...
Firefighters Make Gains on Southern California Wildfire
Jul 17 2023 // Firefighters gained ground Monday against a large wildfire and three smaller blazes in the torrid interior of Southern California. The Rabbit Fire grew slightly overnight to more than 12 square miles but containment jumped...
Canada’s Wildfires Burn Record 25 Million Acres With No End in Sight
Jul 17 2023 // Canadian wildfires have scorched more than 10 million hectares (25 million acres) this summer, an area about the size of Iceland, with no end to the burning expected anytime soon. About 900 active fires were reported as of...
Push to Lower Wildfire Risk Across West Stumbles in Places
Jul 17 2023 // Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees...
Insurers Sue Energy Corporation Blamed for Helping Start Colorado Wildfire
Jul 12 2023 // Dozens of insurance companies are suing Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to recoup money paid out to homes and businesses lost in Colorado`s most destructive wildfire in 2021. The lawsuit was filed Thursday, a few weeks after...
Wisconsin Wildfire Consumes Nearly 1,000 Acres, Forces Evacuations
Jul 12 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A wildfire in central Wisconsin has consumed almost 1000 acres (405 hectares) and forced evacuations of scores of properties. State Department of Natural Resources officials said at a news...
Delos to Insurers Shedding Wildfire Risk: Send the Homes to Us
Jul 12 2023 // About 6 million homes in the U.S. are considered uninsurable due to wildfire risk. The models at Delos Insurance say about half of those homes are absolutely insurable. “Delos sees a lot more insurable homes in...
California Utility Pays $22M to Settle Claims in 2016 Wildfire
Jul 10 2023 // Southern California Edison and two other companies have paid $22 million to settle U.S. government claims that they caused a 2016 wildfire that burned thousands of acres of national forest, it was announced. The money...
Canada’s Record Wildfire Season Set to Worsen as Heat Builds
Jul 7 2023 // Canada is bracing for higher-than-normal wildfire activity to continue into August, as soaring temperatures and drought turn much of the country’s vast forests into kindling. The Canada fire season, which normally...
Help Arrives to Battle Growing Wildfire in Washington
Jul 5 2023 // Authorities have more than doubled the number of people battling a wildfire that has burned structures and forced the evacuation of homes in southwestern Washington near the Columbia River Gorge. The blaze that began...
Colorado’s Most Destructive Wildfire Caused by Embers From Old Fire, Sparks From Power Line
Jul 3 2023 // Embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire outside a home days earlier and a sparking power line caused a Colorado wildfire fanned by high winds that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and left two people dead, authorities...
