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Southern California Wildfires Spark Interest in Natural Building Materials
Marialyce Pedersen stood in a white Tyvek suit on her Altadena, California, lot leveled by this month's wildfires. Her house was reduced to ash that spilled into the pool, turning the water a toxic ...
California Years Behind in Implementing Defensible Space Law
Reeling from destructive wildfires, including the deadliest in California history, state lawmakers in 2020 passed new requirements for clearing combustible materials like dead plants and wooden ...
Damaging Megadroughts Are Spreading Around the World
Severe drought conditions have helped fuel the Los Angeles wildfires. But a recent study, published in the journal Nature, comes with a warning: Climate change is making catastrophic, multiyear ...
New York, New England Surplus Lines Insurance Groups Merge
The Professional Insurance Wholesalers Association (PIWA) and the New England Surplus Lines Association have merged. The combined organization will operate under the PIWA name and serve ...
FEMA Transfers $758M in U.S. Flood Program Risk to 27 Private Reinsurers
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said its reinsurance renewal for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) included the transfer of nearly $758 million to the private market through ...
Future of Jobs: Claims Adjuster Among Fastest Declining Professions
Insurance claims adjusters have something in common with postal clerks, cashiers, administrative assistants and graphic designers. These jobs all rank among those in the greatest decline over the ...
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 ...
Rapid Response Effort Initiated to Respond to Fraud After Wildfires
As wildfires continue to burn in Southern California, the state has ramped up fraud investigations to keep up with an uptick in crimes. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Los Angeles County ...