2025 California wildfires News
Mercury Sees Subro, Re Recoveries Cutting Most of $1.6B+ Wildfire Losses
Although Mercury Insurance Group expects gross losses from the 2025 California wildfires in the $1.6 billion-$2.0 billion range, potential subrogation and reinsurance recoveries will drop the ...
Why the LA Wildfires Should Not Have Been a Surprise Loss
The January 2025 LA Wildfires caused unprecedented losses, but those losses should have been anticipated by insurers. The purpose of catastrophe models is to prepare insurers for losses that haven't ...
USAA Becomes 3rd Insurer to Report $1B-Plus in LA Wildfire Losses
USAA has paid out more than $1 billion for the Los Angeles wildfires, making it the third insurer to report $1 billion or more in payouts for the destructive blazes that burned thousands of ...
LA Fire-Related Capital Hit Prompts State Farm Emergency Rate Request
State Farm General Insurance revealed that it has asked the California Department of Insurance to approve an "interim emergency" homeowners insurance rate hike, citing declining capital and a ...
Insurance Payouts at $4B and Counting for LA Wildfires
Preliminary data show insurance companies have paid out more than $4 billion for losses from the biggest two of the Los Angeles-area wildfires that swept through the region and destroyed tens of ...
Property-Cat Reinsurance Rates Will Stop Dropping Post-Wildfires: Execs
RenaissanceRe expects to incur about $750 million in losses from the January 2025 California wildfires—and anticipates that industrywide impacts should halt the drop in property-catastrophe ...
InsurTechs Highlight New Approaches to Wildfire Insurance
Years before the January 2025 Palisades and Eaton fires sparked in high-wind conditions in Southern California, growing to rank among the top three most destructive in U.S. history, InsurTechs ...
Structure Data Boosts Understanding of Wildfire Risk: Faura CEO
Valkyrie Holmes, CEO of Faura, believes that a deep understanding of the structural qualities of buildings is crucial to insuring properties in areas at high risk for wildfires. Her company ...