California Asks Insurers to Spare Wildfire Victims ‘the List’
The state’s regulator wants insurance carriers to pay full policy limits without requiring victims to itemize every object in their destroyed homes.
California's insurance crisis leaves neighbors facing unequal recovery after wildfires
Next-door neighbors lost their near-identical homes in a California wildfire, but how they are navigating rebuilding is a story of contrasting fortunes and unequal recovery, a stark reflection of the
California's 'Regulatory Failure' Blamed for Wildfire Insurance Disaster
The California insurance crisis laid bare by the Los Angeles fires was fueled by "regulatory failure," economist Nancy Wallace told Newsweek.
LA neighbors have vastly different post-wildfire rebuilding options due to insurance crisis
How they’ll navigate rebuilding is a story of contrasting fortunes and unequal recovery that reveals the nation’s growing home insurance crisis. Her insurance has already paid out nearly a million dollars and she is searching for contractors.
After California wildfires, neighbors face unequal recovery due to insurance crisis
Before a wildfire ravaged their Altadena, California street, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson were neighbors in nearly identical houses.
Best's Commentary: Wildfires Intensify Troubles in California's Property Insurance Market
In a new commentary, AM Best notes that policyholders in California had increasingly turned to the state's insurer of last resort and nonadmitted market for homeowners' coverage prior to the wildfires due to reduced availability from primary insurers.
LA wildfires highlight nation's insurance crisis as homeowners try to recover lost homes
The nation’s growing home insurance crisis is in the spotlight as Californians begin the long road to rebuilding after the deadly Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
California utility company says its equipment may have sparked a Los Angeles-area wildfire
California utility company Southern California Edison on Thursday said its equipment “may be associated with” the ignition of ...
California Homeowners Could Get Payouts if Utility Company Started Fires
Southern California Edison's potential liability for the Eaton fire could lead to significant compensation for affected ...
Full coverage: Investigating the California wildfires of 2025
The Times investigates California's response to the devastating wildfires that burned across Los Angeles County in January.
State Farm Was All In on California—Until It Pulled the Plug Before the Fires
Insurer aggressively grew in Los Angeles, despite getting overweight on fire risk, but decided to cut thousands of policies ...
Republicans rip California’s wildfire ‘overregulation’ while Gavin Newsom seeks help for victims
AS Gov. Gavin Newsom roamed Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to provide more aid to Southern California wildfire victims, ...
LA Times Today: Edison under scrutiny for Eaton fire. Who pays liability will be ‘new frontier’ for California
The losses from past California wildfires sent one of the nation’s biggest utility companies into bankruptcy. So lawmakers ...
Southern California Edison probing possible link to Los Angeles fires
Southern California Edison (SCE), a subsidiary of Edison International , said on Thursday that it was probing whether its ...
California Wildfire Map: Update on Containment as New Fire Starts
All wildfires burning in Southern California were largely contained as of Thursday morning, even after a new fire ignited in ...
California man nabbed while setting blaze hit with felony arson charges — 27th bust tied to LA wildfires
Alejandro Martinez, 41, allegedly set one of the fires that destroyed large swaths of California in recent weeks, and faces more than six years in prison if convicted.
Gov. Newsom wants to speed up delayed rule making California homes more fire resistant
The rule requires homeowners to clear combustible materials like dead plants and wooden furniture within 5 feet of homes in ...