California Asks Insurers to Spare Wildfire Victims ‘the List’
The state’s regulator wants insurance carriers to pay full policy limits without requiring victims to itemize every object in their destroyed homes.
California's 'Regulatory Failure' Blamed for Wildfire Insurance Disaster
The California insurance crisis laid bare by the Los Angeles fires was fueled by "regulatory failure," economist Nancy Wallace told Newsweek.
After California wildfires, neighbors face unequal recovery due to insurance crisis
Before a wildfire ravaged their Altadena, California street, Louise Hamlin and Chris Wilson were neighbors in nearly identical houses.
LA wildfires highlight nation's insurance crisis as homeowners try to recover lost homes
The nation’s growing home insurance crisis is in the spotlight as Californians begin the long road to rebuilding after the deadly Eaton and Palisades wildfires.
Best's Commentary: Wildfires Intensify Troubles in California's Property Insurance Market
In a new commentary, AM Best notes that policyholders in California had increasingly turned to the state's insurer of last resort and nonadmitted market for homeowners' coverage prior to the wildfires due to reduced availability from primary insurers.
California's insurance crisis leaves neighbors facing unequal recovery after wildfires
Next-door neighbors lost their near-identical homes in a California wildfire, but how they are navigating rebuilding is a story of contrasting fortunes and unequal recovery, a stark reflection of the
Full coverage: Investigating the California wildfires of 2025
The Times investigates California's response to the devastating wildfires that burned across Los Angeles County in January.
State Farm Was All In on California—Until It Pulled the Plug Before the Fires
Insurer aggressively grew in Los Angeles, despite getting overweight on fire risk, but decided to cut thousands of policies ...
How weather driven by climate change helped fuel the Southern California fires
The wildfires that ravaged the Los Angeles area were driven by monthslong, climate change-fueled weather patterns, according ...
Republicans rip California’s wildfire ‘overregulation’ while Gavin Newsom seeks help for victims
AS Gov. Gavin Newsom roamed Capitol Hill urging lawmakers to provide more aid to Southern California wildfire victims, ...
LA Times Today: Edison under scrutiny for Eaton fire. Who pays liability will be ‘new frontier’ for California
The losses from past California wildfires sent one of the nation’s biggest utility companies into bankruptcy. So lawmakers ...
California man nabbed while setting blaze hit with felony arson charges — 27th bust tied to LA wildfires
Alejandro Martinez, 41, allegedly set one of the fires that destroyed large swaths of California in recent weeks, and faces more than six years in prison if convicted.
Allstate expects $1.1 billion loss from California fires
Allstate insurance said it expects a $1.1 billion loss from claims caused by the wildfires that swept through Southern California in January ...
California Wildfire Map: Update on Containment as New Fire Starts
All wildfires burning in Southern California were largely contained as of Thursday morning, even after a new fire ignited in ...
Newsom wants to speed up a delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant
As Los Angeles reels from deadly January wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said ...