LAist10h
To keep California high-risk insurer solvent, homeowners will face a one-time assessment
The FAIR Plan will impose a special charge on insurers and homeowners to cover $1 billion in L.A. wildfire costs.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat12h
California homeowners to face new fees to keep fallback insurance plan solvent
After saying it would run out of funds by March, California’s last-resort fire insurance provider will impose a special ...
IJNet14h
How unverified claims about the LA wildfires spread across Chinese-language media
Fueled by powerful winds and rare dry conditions, a series of wildfires erupted on January 7 and swept through the Los ...
Coastal View News14h
One neighborhood’s quest against the never-ending threat of fire
Kevin Baird’s home, located up against Carpinteria’s foothills, was immensely overgrown when Baird and his wife, Donna, ...
California FAIR Plan gets $1 billion assessment to head off insolvency
It means California property owners will likely be billed from their private insurers to help compensate the FAIR Plan.
House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health
A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the U.S. outbreak, after eating raw food or drinking unpasteurized milk. Some of those cats died.
California homeowners will have to fund half of high-risk insurer’s $1 billion ‘bailout’
The plan will impose a special charge on homeowners and insurance companies to cover $1 billion in L.A. wildfire costs ...