A record number of homeowners have purchased California earthquake insurance following a significant effort to encourage consumers to buy coverage. In 2016, the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) rolled out a number of new policy options and other offerings to boost the accessibility of coverage.

Wildfires this summer are expected to be most severe in southwestern U.S. states, Florida, Georgia and in some parts of California and Nevada, forecasters said Monday.

Hippo Insurance, provider of “smart home coverage for modern households,” has officially launched in California following a $14 million funding round in December led by Horizons Ventures.

A slow-moving emergency is lapping at California’s shores — climate-driven sea-level rise that experts now predict could elevate the water in coastal areas up to 10 feet in just 70 years, gobbling up beachfront and overwhelming low-lying cities.

$24,000 worth of computers, iPads and iPhones were stolen from an Apple Store in Corte Madera, police said. The same store was robbed just months ago.

Two big trucks and several smaller vehicles collided on Interstate 5 just north of downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, killing one person and injuring 10 others. The wreck just before 11 a.m. local time forced the closure of the freeway in both directions as flames raged through the wreckage strewn across the southbound lanes.

Wildfires are brutal, fast, and indiscriminate in the carnage they wreak. Yet, in some states, they’re so commonplace they have their own season.

Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and Orange County District Attorney (OCDA) Tony Rackauckas announced a shutdown of a $40 million fraudulent medical billing and kickback operation with the filing of charges against more than two dozen doctors, pharmacists and business owners.

The claim costs and other metrics of 18 state workers’ compensation systems are analyzed in depth in a new series of studies, CompScope™ Benchmarks, 17th Edition, released by the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).

Leading travel insurance trends aren’t just focused on hurricanes and illness anymore. A considerable number of traveler inquiries are now seeking to make certain that they are protected against losses from terrorism, too.

The former general manager of a golf club and a contractor have been arrested and charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, which led to the club’s demise.

During the height of the Soberanes Fire last September in Central California, the United States Forest Service estimated it was costing about $8 million per day to fight the wildfire.

Solar energy is taking over the energy space in the United States, and that’s good news for the environment — and for insurers.

Lamont Goodwin, 33, and Sylvia Camarillo, 31, were arrested yesterday by California Department of Insurance (CDI) detectives on multiple felony charges of insurance fraud after allegedly submitting a fraudulent claim and filing a false police report in an attempt to bilk their insurer out of $18,000 for damages not covered by their insurer.

A fire that broke out in Pacific Palisades Thursday morning killed a family pet and injured five people, including a husband and wife who were in critical condition, according to a fire official.