Report Shows California Wildfires, Climate Change Altering Insurance Landscape August 27, 2018 By Don Jergler Insurers may be non-renewing more in wildfire-prone areas of California, sending an increasing number of people to the residual market...
Hurricane Lane Threatens 48K Hawaii Homes with Reconstruction Value of $8B August 22, 2018 A new analysis shows 48,617 homes in Hawaii with a total reconstruction cost value of roughly $8 billion are at...
Carr Fire Losses May Reach $1.5B in Likely Another Destructive Season for California August 2, 2018 By Don Jergler California’s Carr wildfire has the potential to yield losses of up to $1.5 billion, according to a Moody’s report issued...
Will California Wildfires Be Worse This Year? July 13, 2018 As blame for California’s wildfires rises over Sacramento like smoke from last year’s blazes, the state is being forced to...
Former Hawaii Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud July 2, 2018 A former Honolulu, Hawaii police officer suspected of staging a home burglary pleaded guilty to two charges of insurance fraud...
Fury of Hailstorms Battered Colorado, Insured Losses ‘Skyrocketing’ June 28, 2018 By Don Jergler The hailstorms that hit Northern Colorado and the Denver-metro just over a week ago carried a $276.4 million insurance price...
Why is it So Hard to Agree on Valuation? June 27, 2018 By Patrick Wraight I really hate reopening this can of worms, but I’m living it so here goes. My wife and I are...
Catastrophes Pushed Homeowners Insurers’ Combined Ratio Above 107 in 2017 June 20, 2018 After four years of sub-100 combined ratios for the U.S. homeowners insurers, the segment saw its combined ratio deteriorate to...
Rising Homeowners Losses Hurt P/C Insurers in 2017: Fitch June 18, 2018 Personal lines underwriting losses rose in 2017 for the fourth year in a row, Fitch Ratings found in a new...
More Small Blasts from Hawaii Volcano June 12, 2018 Small explosions at the summit of an erupting Hawaii volcano could send ash into communities. Scientists say the blasts happened...