2018 California Wildfires News
Specialty Insurers Face Pricey Post-Wildfire Claims in Wake of Utility PG&E’s Bankruptcy Filing
Specialty insurers will likely deal with "substantial claims and losses" in the wake of the recent bankruptcy filing for California utility PG&E Corp., whose equipment may have contributed to ...
Chubb Estimates $585M in Q4 Pretax Cat Losses
Chubb disclosed an estimated $585 million in net catastrophe pretax losses for the 2018 fourth quarter, stemming mostly from storms and wildfires. After tax, those catastrophe losses totaled $505 ...
‘Potentially Crushing’ Wildfire Liabilities Force California Utility to Prepare Bankruptcy Filing
PG&E Corp, owner of the biggest U.S. power utility by number of customers, said on Monday it is preparing to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for all of its businesses as it faces potentially ...
Arch Warns Q4 Pretax Cat Losses Could Reach $130 Million
Arch Capital Group Ltd. is warning that it faces between $110 million to $130 million in pretax catastrophe losses for the 2018 fourth quarter. The Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer blamed the ...
Trump to California: Change Forest Management Practices or Lose Wildfire Aid
President Donald Trump, who has blamed California's forest management for last year's disastrous fires, threatened to halt the Federal Emergency Management Agency's assistance to victims unless that ...
Wildfire Fallout: A.M. Best Places California Capital Under Review, With Negative Implications
A.M. Best has placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of "a-" of California Capital Insurance Co. and ...
AXIS Estimates Pre-Tax California Wildfire Losses Could Hit $150M
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. predicts between $125 million and $150 million in pre-tax losses for the 2018 fourth quarter stemming primarily from California wildfires. AXIS said that the preliminary ...
PG&E Declined to Cut Power During Windstorm as California Wildfire Ramped Up
In the days before California's deadliest wildfire erupted near a PG&E Corp. power line during a windstorm, the company kept a close eye on the weather, warned customers it might shut off ...