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Live Burn Demonstrates Value of Wildfire Mitigation
A recent wildfire demonstration highlighted how mitigation can thwart damaging fires from reaching homes. The live burn conducted in collaboration with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home ...
Wildfire Risk MGA Delos Raises $5.3M for Further California Expansion
Delos Insurance Solutions, a catastrophe insurance MGA focused on California wildfire-related risks, raised $5.3 million in seed funding designed to fuel further expansion in the state. "With this ...
Wildfire Risks Worsen With Record High Temperatures Hitting Nordic Region and Arctic Circle
Record-high temperatures from Canada to Scandinavia and intense wildfires flaring up from California to Russia's Far East are adding to extreme weather events recorded at the start of the summer in ...
California Wildfire Risks Rise as Heat Climbs and Power Surges Proliferate
An unrelenting heat already frying California is threatening to send temperatures to record levels across the western U.S. this week, raising the risk of wildfires and propelling electricity prices ...
Calif. Wildfires Blackened an Area the Size of Delaware So Far This Year
California is poised to set an annual record it never wanted to break: the amount of earth scorched by wildfires. Blazes have already ripped through enough acres to blacken the entire state of ...