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As Wildfire Risk Grows, States Grapple to Retain Property Insurers
Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news — their property insurance won't be renewed because their insurance company ...
California Landscape Design Contest Focuses on Reducing Wildfire Risk
A landscape design contest underway at the University of California, Berkeley, is expected to produce innovative, affordable ideas for homeowners emphasizing wildfire defense while preserving ...
Comprehensive Wildfire Approach, Uniform Enforcement Lacking in Most Western States
Few Western states and counties with the highest wildfire risk are using sound regulatory approaches backed by consistent enforcement, according to a new report released jointly by the Insurance ...
Thousands Evacuated in Southern California as Santa Ana Winds Fuel Wildfire
A wildfire fueled by gusty Santa Ana winds ripped through rural land southeast of Los Angeles, forcing about 4,000 people from their homes, fire authorities said. The so-called Highland Fire erupted ...
California Regulators Oppose PG&E Plan to Bury Power Lines to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Pacific Gas & Electric—one of the nation's largest utilities whose equipment has sparked some of California's deadliest wildfires—wants to bury power lines in some of its most at-risk areas ...
U.S. Cities Vulnerable to Low Water Pressure Amid Wildfire Dangers
Hours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored to save his rental house in Kula, a rural mountain town 24 miles away, from a different blaze. As ...
California Crisis Fixes: RAA Recommends Insurance Code Changes
The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) has weighed in with some recommended fixes to the growing homeowners insurance crisis in California, warning policymakers to be mindful of the risks of ...
Risk Remains Despite Billions Spent Mitigating Western U.S. Wildfires
Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multibillion dollar cleanup of forests ...