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.
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
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 California homeowners 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.
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.
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 ...
California utility company says its equipment may have sparked a Los Angeles-area wildfire
California utility company Southern California Edison on Thursday said its equipment “may be associated with” the ignition of ...
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.
California man nabbed by bystanders 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 ...
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, ...
Southern California Edison probing possible link to Los Angeles fires
Southern California Edison (SCE), a subsidiary of Edison International , said on Thursday that it was probing whether its ...
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 utility says its equipment likely sparked Hurst Fire
Southern California Edison said in a filing submitted to state utility regulators Thursday that its equipment likely started ...
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 ...