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Insurance Commissioner Orders Advance Payments on Claims for LA Wildfire Survivors
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is asking all California insurance companies to provide advance payments on claims for Los Angeles wildfire survivors. Lara's Jan. 23 order is designed ...
President Trump Proposes ‘Getting Rid of FEMA’ During Disaster Area Tour
President Donald Trump surveyed disaster zones in California and North Carolina on Friday and said he was considering "getting rid of" the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offering the latest ...
The 2025 Palisades and Eaton Fires: All the CM News So Far (Slideshow)
With conditions and loss estimates changing since wildfires began burning in California in early January, there has been a lot of content for insurance industry leaders to absorb. To help readers to ...
Where Homeowners Rates Are Rising—and Who Is Raising Them Most
According to a new analysis of homeowners insurance rates, some Midwest states saw the biggest jumps in premiums last year—and American Family Insurance topped a list of 10 insurers ranked by ...
The Latest LA Wildfire Estimates: KCC Close to $28B
Risk modeler KCC has estimated that insured losses to residential, commercial and industrial properties, and autos from the Palisades and Eaton Fires will be close to $28 billion. KCC's estimate, ...
Treasury’s FIO Releases ‘Flawed’ Homeowners Insurance Report, Industry Says
The U.S. Treasury's Federal Insurance Office last week released what it called the "most comprehensive data on homeowners insurance in history." Weeks after a U.S. Senate committee released a study ...
The Latest LA Wildfire Loss Estimates: Verisk’s Range Is $28B-$35B
The Extreme Event Solutions group at Verisk has estimated that insured industry losses to property for the Palisades and Eaton fires together will fall between $28 billion and $35 billion. Verisk's ...
Mercury General Gives Reinsurance Update: One or Two Events Still TBD
Mercury General provided updated information about its reinsurance program yesterday, reporting that whether losses from the Palisades and Eaton wildfires burning in California will be treated as one ...