Private Firefighters Highlight Inequities in California Wildfire Battles
Last October, firefighter Ryan Bellanca and his crew battled to keep the raging Glass Fire from devastating an upmarket Napa Valley vineyard.
But Bellanca wasn't ...California wildfires News
Western U.S. Wildfires Will Leave Insurers With a ‘Multi-Billion-Dollar’ Bill: Aon
Wildfires across the western United States will leave insurers with a "multi-billion-dollar" bill, Aon concluded in its September 2020 Global Catastrophe Recap. While it will likely take some time to ...
Some Fear California’s Latest Wildfires Could Spark a Financial Crisis
Wildfires across the U.S. West are among the sparks from climate change that could ignite a U.S. financial crisis by damaging home values, state tourism and local government budgets, an advisory ...
Hedge Fund Makes $3B From Bet on Wildfire Insurance Claims
Baupost Group, the hedge fund run by Seth Klarman, received more than $3 billion in July from its bet on insurance claims against PG&E Corp. connected to a series of deadly California wildfires, ...
Allstate’s July Catastrophe Losses Negated by Payments From California Utility
The Allstate Corp. reported more than $145 million in pretax catastrophe losses in July, thanks mostly to a hurricane and a few other storms. But that was more than offset by subrogation recoveries ...
Unusually Harsh California Heatwave Heightens Risk of Wildfires
The current heatwave broiling Californians like no event in decades is also elevating the risk for another potential disaster in the weeks ahead: wildfires. While heat and dry conditions have ...
California Utility Emerges From Bankruptcy After Wildfires Pushed It to the Brink
Nearly a year and a half after collapsing under $30 billion in liabilities from wildfires sparked by its equipment, PG&E Corp. has emerged from the biggest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history. The ...
California Utility Could See $2.14B Fine Over Wildfire Liabilities
California's utilities regulator has proposed an increased $2.14 billion fine on PG&E Corp for its role in causing the devastating 2017 and 2018 wildfires in Northern California. The decision ...
FEMA Pursues California Utility Giant for $4B Owed in Past Wildfires
A regional director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday said FEMA is going after California utility giant Pacific Gas & Electric for $3.9 billion owed the government due to ...