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California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.
The Palisades Fire could cause more than $10 billion in damages, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.
Homeowners Affected by Palisades and Eaton Fires Get Insurance Protections
California’s insurance commissioner won’t allow canceled or nonrenewed policies in and around the fire zones for a year.
How will the California wildfires shape the home insurance industry?
In recent years, insurers like Allstate, American National, The Hartford and State Farm have stopped renewing policies or ...
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The Insurance Crisis That Will Follow the California Fires
In 2019, the number of homeowners’ policies in California that were not renewed jumped by more than thirty per cent. In 2023, ...
California fires: VP Harris called out over claim about canceled insurance
The insurance industry is pushing back against Vice President Kamala Harris suggesting carriers canceled the policies of some California wildfire victims, calling her claims "false." ...
Wildfires will alter California’s homeowners insurance landscape
The wildfires that destroyed homes in multiple sections of the Los Angeles area will test California’s efforts to stabilize the state’s insurance marketplace after many insurers stopped issuing ...
Night-time curfew imposed in fire-hit areas of LA as police warn against 'despicable' looting
Firefighters are still unable to contain multiple blazes, as forecasters warn winds could stoke an already "extremely ...
The best way to claim insurance if you lost your home or business in the Los Angeles wildfires
Even if you have insurance, you can apply for assistance through FEMA if you live in a declared federal disaster area.
California Fires Cause Human Misery But Exact Economic Toll on Residents and the Insurance Industry as Well
The human suffering is a disaster. But the economic cost to residents and the insurance industry will add to the woes facing residents of Southern California.