Robots Are Starting (Good) Fires in California August 28, 2024 By Coco Liu Cody Chiverton has spent the past decade lighting fires. As a former firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service, he participated...
Wildfire Risk Harms California Home Values, San Francisco Fed Study Finds August 27, 2024 By Laura Curtis California’s wildfires are weighing on home prices more than in the past, and insurance availability does little to help in...
Californians Facing Higher Rent Because of Rising Insurance Rates August 15, 2024 By Levi Sumagaysay Like single-family homeowners in California, landlords are facing higher insurance premiums, too. And they’re passing along some of those costs...
Report: 10 of Top U.S. Metros at Moderate to Very High Risk of Wildfire Are in California August 13, 2024 Ten of the top 15 metropolitan areas for wildfire risk concentration are in California, while more than 2.6 million homes...
California Commissioner Moves to Implement Insurance Rate Review Reforms August 9, 2024 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday released a statement on his latest administrative action designed to address the state’s...
Toilet Paper and Flat Tires: The Strange Ways Californians Ignite Wildfires August 2, 2024 Of all the insidious threats faced by wildland firefighters — extreme heat, desiccated forests, unpredictable fire behavior and a nearly...
Wildfire Smoke May Be Worse for Your Brain Than Other Air Pollution, Study Says July 31, 2024 Wildfire smoke may be worse for brain health than other types of air pollution, according to new research linking it...
Fires in The West Are Becoming Ever Bigger, Consuming. Why and What Can Be Done? July 30, 2024 By Heather Hollingsowrth Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for...
California Commissioner Announces FAIR Plan Modernization Deal July 26, 2024 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said on Friday that he and the California Fair Plan have agreed to establishing a...
How California’s Homeowners Insurance Crisis Is Affecting Brokers July 23, 2024 By Don Jergler A growing homeowners insurance crisis for Californians is straining brokers who must work harder to get increasingly expensive and more...