California Utility’s Criminal Probation Ending Amid Ongoing Safety Worries January 25, 2022 By Michael Liedtke Pacific Gas & Electric is poised to emerge from five years of criminal probation, despite worries that nation’s largest utility...
PG&E Blamed for Dixie Fire in Northern California January 5, 2022 Pacific Gas & Electric power lines sparked last summer’s Dixie Fire in Northern California that swept through five counties and...
Top 10 West Insurance Journal Stories of 2021 December 30, 2021 By Don Jergler Wildfires dominated headlines once again in Insurance Journal’s West region. Stories on wildfires in California, as well as efforts to...
California DOI: Insurers Non-Renewed Fewer Homeowners in 2020, FAIR Plan Policies Increased December 20, 2021 The number of California homeowners non-renewed by insurers fell by 10%statewide in 2020 compared with the previous year, as mandatory...
Former Governor Focuses on Saving California Forests from Wildfires November 15, 2021 By Kathleen Ronayne As smoke lingered in the air amid another destructive California wildfire season, former Gov. Jerry Brown invited a group to...
Report: Wildfires Have California in ‘Heightened State of Alert’ November 10, 2021 By Don Jergler California, which has seen its eight largest recorded wildfires since 2017, is in a “heightened state of alert,” according to...
California Commissioner’s Latest Insurer Non-Renewal Moratorium Covers Nearly 210K Homes November 10, 2021 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ordered insurance companies to preserve 209,881 residential property insurance policies held by wildfire survivors included...
PG&E Spending $125M for Igniting Massive California Wildfire November 5, 2021 Pacific Gas & Electric has reached a $125 million settlement agreement with California regulators over the destructive Kincade fire, which...
Surging California Winds Spark New Wildfires, Power Outages October 13, 2021 Blustery winds still surged through California on Tuesday after downing trees, fanning wildfires and shutting off power to about 21,000...
California Encourages Prescribed Burns to Counter Wildfires October 8, 2021 By Don Thompson California is encouraging more use of fire to fight fire, such as when deliberately set burns were recently used to...