Lawyers for Lahaina residents and business owners are intensifying their legal battle by alleging that cable TV and telephone companies played a role in last month's devastating fires on Maui.

Maui County says it has filed a lawsuit against local electric companies over damage caused by the devastating Maui wildfires, including ones in Lahaina and Kula.

Moody's RMS on Tuesday said insured losses from the wildfires Aug. 8-10 in Hawaii could exceed $4.5 billion.

Three law firms filed a class-action lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric on Saturday, alleging that the utility's downed power lines significantly contributed to the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century.

Data released by the Pacific Disaster Center and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has painted a harrowing picture of the aftermath of the Lahaina wildfire. As of August 11th, a staggering 2,207 structures have fallen victim to the relentless blaze.

The wildfire outbreaks in Hawaii have reportedly destroyed 1,700+ buildings thus far, indicating a potential extensive loss for the re/insurance industry, while the death toll has risen to 55, with as many as 1,000 people missing.

Maui faces a long road to recovery from the devastating blazes this week -- Hawaii's deadliest natural disaster since 1960. At least 55 people have died.

President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration for Hawaii and 'ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires,' according to the White House.

Ferocious wildfires, fueled by relentless winds and bone-dry conditions, have turned Hawaii's tranquil landscapes in Maui and the Big Island into an apocalyptic scene. Many homes and businesses have been destroyed in the historic area of Lahaina, Maui.

The Central Pacific hurricane season has started, and this year, the Nature Conservancy has purchased $2 million in insurance coverage to protect against potential damage to the coral reefs in Hawaii.

On April 24, 2021, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision allowing lawsuits filed by municipalities seeking to hold oil companies accountable for harms caused by carbon emissions to move forward in state courts.

AIG's National Union Fire Insurance Company has been sued by Sunoco subsidiary Aloha Petroleum for refusing to cover the costs of defending climate-related claims by local governments in Hawaii.

Aloha Petroleum, a subsidiary of oil and gas giant Sunoco, has sued an AIG unit, accusing the insurer of breaching insurance contracts by refusing to defend it in a pair of lawsuits filed by the Hawaiian government alleging that the gas chain contributed to climate change.

The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating a tour helicopter crash on a remote Hawaii Island lava field that sent the pilot and five passengers to the hospital on Wednesday.

We are at the precipice of a potential upheaval in workers' compensation recovery rights in the Aloha State. The Hawaii Supreme Court is about to decide whether equitable considerations and defenses to subrogation-such as the common law Made Whole Doctrine or Common Fund Doctrine-are to be applied to statutory workers' compensation liens.