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California FAIR Plan to Appeal of Court’s Ruling on Expanded Coverage

The California FAIR Plan Association (FAIR Plan) says it will appeal a ruling by the Los Angeles Superior Court the association believes will lead to unnecessary rate increases for all FAIR Plan policyholders and unnecessarily expand the role of the …

Surging California Winds Spark New Wildfires, Power Outages

Blustery winds still surged through California on Tuesday after downing trees, fanning wildfires and shutting off power to about 21,000 customers in northern and central regions. Red flag warnings of dangerous fire conditions continued in mountains, valleys, canyons and deserts …

Washington Judge Shoots Down Insurance Commissioner’s Credit Scoring Ban

A judge in Washington ruled in favor of the insurance industry’s argument against Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s emergency rule temporarily banning use of credit scoring. Kreidler’s emergency order prohibited insurers from using a consumer’s credit score to price auto, …

California Encourages Prescribed Burns to Counter Wildfires

California is encouraging more use of fire to fight fire, such as when deliberately set burns were recently used to protect giant sequoias from a raging wildfire. But sometimes what are known as prescribed fires themselves spread out of control, …

California Jury Awards $6.3M to Actress in State Farm Fire Suit

A federal jury in Los Angeles awarded $6.3 million to actor Shannen Doherty on Monday in a lawsuit alleging that State Farm failed to pay sufficiently for damage to her house in a 2018 California wildfire. The jury found that …

Officials: No Foul Play in Fatal Wyoming Fire

Investigators say they do not believe foul play was involved in a house fire that killed a southern Wyoming man and displaced his wife and three children. Firefighters called to the home southwest of Laramie early morning found the structure …

Report Shows Wyoming, Idaho Have ‘Disproportionate Risk’ from Wildfire

Lately, when people say “wildfire,” California is probably the first state that comes to mind. But a new report out should concern people living in a few other Western states that aren’t often mentioned when the wildfire peril is considered. …

PG&E Charged in California Wildfire That Killed 4

Pacific Gas & Electric was charged Friday with involuntary manslaughter and other crimes after its equipment sparked a Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes last year, prosecutors said. It is the latest legal action …

Suspected Arson Wildfire Forces Evacuations in Northern California

Thousands of people were under evacuation orders Friday and many others were on notice to be ready to flee as a destructive wildfire raged in a drought-stricken forest in California’s far north. A woman suspected of starting the Fawn Fire …

California Commissioner Orders FAIR Plan to Offer Increased Coverage

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday ordered the FAIR Plan to offer a homeowners policy, in addition to its current dwelling fire coverage, with more traditional homeowner features, such as coverage for water damage, theft, and loss of use. …