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Aon: Wildfire Claims Will Likely Exceed $10 Billion For Second Straight Year

Total insurance claims for wildfires in the US will likely exceed $10 billion for the second year in a row, according to a new report.
December 10, 2018 Catastrophe Property California

California’s Deadliest Wildfire Is Blamed In Lawsuit On Faulty Utility Transmission Tower

The Camp Fire, which killed at least 88 people in Northern California, was started by faulty steel rings high atop an electric company’s transmission tower which brought dangerous live wires crashing down, a lawsuit claimed on Thursday.
December 7, 2018 Catastrophe Liability Litigation California

Explosion Causes Fire At Bakersfield IKEA, Two People Injured

Two people injured during a fire at IKEA in Tejon on Sunday afternoon, according to the Kern County Fire Department. KCFD said an explosion caused a fire at the IKEA on Industrial Parkway.
December 5, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Workers' Compensation California

Small Insurer, Insolvent After Camp Fire, Has Millions In Claims Unpaid

Millions of dollars in potential losses from the Camp Fire have ruined a small Merced County insurance company, providing another element of uncertainty for homeowners following the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history.
December 4, 2018 Legislation & Regulation Property California

Radiology Office Manager Convicted In $22M Worker’s Comp Scam

An office manager for a medical practice was convicted Thursday for a workers’ compensation kickback scheme that defrauded insurance companies of more than $22 million, the San Diego District Attorney’s Office announced Friday.
December 3, 2018 Fraud Workers' Compensation California

Insurers, Take Heed: Customer Experience After The Camp Fire

“Hi, Karlyn. It’s your sister. We’ve been evacuated. There’s a big fire up in Paradise that might head down our way. Just wanted to let you know we’re heading to our daughter’s house. We only had 15 minutes to grab stuff, but it probably is just a precautionary alarm. Call when you get a chance.”
November 28, 2018 Property Risk Management California

Class-Action Lawsuit Proposed Against Ford Motor Company For 6.7L CP4 Fuel Pump Failures

A Ford CP4 fuel pump lawsuit alleges the pumps cannot handle U.S. diesel fuel specifications, something Ford allegedly knew when the trucks were first sold.
November 28, 2018 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Litigation California

Subrogating The Northern California Wildfire

Fire-ravaged California is no stranger to the devastating loss of life and property at the hands of wildfires.
November 26, 2018 Subrogation California

Technology Shapes Insurance Companies’ Response To Wildfires

As wildfires raged this month in California, insurance claims experts at Travelers sat in a command center 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) away in Connecticut, monitoring screens showing satellite images, photos from airplane flyovers and social media posts describing what was happening on the ground.
November 26, 2018 Catastrophe Technology California

California’s Camp Fire: Incredible Numbers And Images

In just two weeks, the Camp Fire in Northern California has destroyed more structures than the state’s other seven worst wildfires combined. The fire has also killed nearly three times as many people as the Griffith Park Fire – a record that stood for 85 years. And with 870 residents of Paradise and the surrounding area still missing, that total will likely rise.
November 21, 2018 Catastrophe Property California

Paradise Residents File Lawsuits Against Utility Company

A week after reporting a power-line outage near where the Camp Fire is suspected of starting, Pacific Gas & Electric said in a regulatory filing that it suffered a second problem with a high voltage line the morning the devastating fire ignited.
November 19, 2018 Liability Litigation California

Insured Losses From Camp And Woolsey Wildfires Estimated At $9-13 Billion: RMS

Risk modeling firm RMS said on Monday that it estimated insured losses from the Camp and Woolsey wildfires, which ravaged California, between $9 billion and $13 billion.
November 19, 2018 Auto Catastrophe Property California

California Insurance Commissioner To Expedite Claims For Fire Victims, Allow Out-Of-State Adjusters

Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued an emergency notice Thursday to help expedite claims filed by victims recovering their properties from the California wildfires.
November 16, 2018 Catastrophe Legislation & Regulation Property California

The California Wildfires: How Experts Track A Blaze to Its Origin

One huge fire was caused by a spark set off by a man with a hammer, working on a fence post in a field of dry vegetation. Another began at a backyard barbecue. A 2007 fire on Santa Catalina Island was ignited by workers cutting metal wires with a torch.
November 15, 2018 Catastrophe Education & Training Liability California

21-Vehicle Pileup In Santa Cruz Due To Tractor-Trailer’s Brake Failure

Northbound Highway 1 opened 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in Santa Cruz County after authorities cleared 21 crushed vehicles after a tractor-trailer’s brakes failed and the truck slammed into stopped vehicles near River Street, according to California Highway Patrol.
November 15, 2018 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Subrogation California
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