Unfinished Business Awaits California Lawmakers January 4, 2022 By Don Thompson California lawmakers are flush with money and unfinished business from last year as they returned to the state Capitol on...
Climate Change, New Construction Mean More Destructive Wildfires in West January 3, 2022 By Martha Bellisle The winter grassland fire that blew up along Colorado’s Front Range was rare, experts say, but similar events will be...
14 Insurers Pressing Lawsuit vs. Park Service After Gatlinburg Wildfires December 2, 2021 Fourteen insurance companies are pressing ahead with a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging that the National Park Service did...
Risky Business: Climate Change Turns Up Heat on Insurers, Policyholders November 12, 2021 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn Tony and Jhan Dunn never thought they would leave California, where they grew up, built a life together and planned...
California Insurance Commissioner Lays Out Priorities for CPCU Crowd October 21, 2021 By Don Jergler Access to affordable healthcare for all, ensuring greater diversity in the insurance industry, and finding more creative solutions to deal...
Guy Carpenter Launches European Wildfire Risk Score as Exposure Management Tool October 18, 2021 Guy Carpenter & Co., the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan has announced the launch of a Wildfire Risk Score designed...
Millions Risk Losing Homeowners Insurance in Fire-Ravaged California September 27, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman A California moratorium guaranteeing insurance in wildfire-threatened areas lapsed Saturday, putting 347,000 homes in Pasadena and other Los Angeles foothills...
Insured Price Tag for Canada’s Summer Storms and Wildfires Nears C$200M September 24, 2021 Two storms that raged across Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada in July and August caused C$120 million (US$94.5 million) in...
U.S. Hurricane Ida, Haiti Quake, Multiple Major Wildfires Among August’s Disasters: Aon September 13, 2021 Hurricane Ida will likely become one of the costliest U.S. mainland hurricanes on record both on a nominal and inflation-adjusted...
Nevada Senator Wants Ideas to Address Wildfire Smoke August 20, 2021 By Scott Sonner Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is urging firefighters, scientists, teachers and moms to help form new strategies to deal with increasingly...