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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 ...
Los Angeles Fires Left One Resident Desperate to Protect Her Home After Losing Fire Insurance
Abandoned by their insurance carrier, one local, at great personal risk, took it upon herself to fight the fire ...
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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 ...
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.
Los Angeles Fires: Nearly one in 10 Residents Could Lose Everything
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes in California as six fires continue to devastate the Los Angeles area.
As wildfires continue to ravage L.A., here's a look at 5 of the worst fires in California history
Early estimates show that the total damage and economic loss due to the Los Angeles wildfires is between $135 and $150 billion.
Insurance crisis looms in California as fires ravage communities
Insurance companies and rates haven’t kept up with increasingly catastrophic events like the California wildfires or ...
California fires put Los Angeles and outlying areas on high alert: What to know
Los Angeles is reeling from the most destructive wildfires in its history, and firefighters are struggling to contain the ...