California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joined federal and state officials from the United States and Mexico to announce the issuance of a federal permit that clears the way to create a new California-Mexico border crossing in Otay Mesa, Calif. Granted by …
Industry analysts are predicting insured losses from the Freeway Complex, Sayre and Tea Fires that burned Southern California in mid-November will range from $600 million to $800 million. Comparatively, those losses are relatively minimal; insured losses from the 2007 Southern …
Willis Group Holdings appointed Phillip Ellis leader of a new division focused on growing the company’s Enterprise Risk Management business for Willis’ Global Retail and Specialty teams. He was most recently chairman of Willis Energy. Prior to joining Willis in …
As the fires continue to burn in parts of southern California, industry analysts are predicting insured losses from the Freeway Complex, Sayre and Tea Fires will range from $600 million to $800 million. Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates …
A bonfire built by college students and never fully extinguished was responsible for the massive wildfire in Santa Barbara that destroyed 210 homes, many of them multimillion-dollar properties, authorities said. An anonymous tipster told police 10 students gathered Nov. 12, …
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is asking the Bush administration to declare Southern California a federal disaster site after fires tore through wide swaths of the region. According to a letter the governor sent to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the …
Firefighters are still working on containing two of the fires burning in Southern California. In the past five days, more than 42,000 acres have burned, and close to 1,000 properties have been destroyed, according to CAL Fire. While experts say …
Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States would “engage vigorously” in climate change talks when he is president, and he pledged to work to reduce emissions sharply by 2020, despite the financial crisis. The Democratic president-elect, who regularly criticized …
Firefighters made progress on extinguishing the fires burning in Southern California yesterday, thanks to reduced wind conditions. To date, three of the five fires have been contained, although more than 44,000 acres have been scorched from Santa Barbara to Anaheim, …
In response to the fires burning in Southern California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared states of emergencies in Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties. Meanwhile, the Governor indicated during a press briefing on the Sayre Fire that new …
