Tag: wildfire risk mitigation

With devastating fires continuing to burn across California, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will convene an investigatory hearing on Monday, October 19 to initiate a series of regulatory actions that will protect residents from the increasing risk of wildfires. Several years of deadly and destructive wildfires, intensified by climate change, have made insurance more difficult and… Continue reading CA Insurance Commissioner Takes Action to Protect Consumers, Stabilize Insurance Market following Wildfires

California residents with insurance who are evacuating wildfires may have coverage for relocation costs, even if their properties are not damaged or destroyed. More than 10,000 weekend lightning strikes caused hundreds of fires that are still active across the state, leading to continuing orders for tens of thousands of people to leave their homes. “With… Continue reading Wildfires: California Insurance Commissioner Urges Evacuees to Record Expenses, Seek Reimbursement

Evacuations widened in the San Francisco Bay Area overnight as wildfires ringing the region scorched hundreds of square miles, edged toward San Jose and produced perhaps the world’s worst air quality. In all, more than 349,000 acres have burned in Northern and Central California — the equivalent of 546 square miles, more than the land… Continue reading Monster California Fires Threaten Dozens of Communities as Tens of Thousands Flee

Wildfires touched off by a barrage of lightning strikes in central and northern California continue to expand, with one grouping of fires — known as the LNU Lightning Complex in Napa and Sonoma counties — more than doubling in area since Wednesday, to 124,100 acres. According to Cal Fire, the state firefighting agency, this fire… Continue reading CA Wildfires More than Double in Size, Force Thousands to Evacuate