Mary Kozanian

Mary Kozanian is a Glendale native who graduated with a B.A. in Communication and Public Relations from California State University Los Angeles in 2014. After five years in the Markting industry, she went on to manage a brick & mortar shop that spcialized in manufacturing and distribution throughout Southern California. She has accreditations in marketing, consumer relations, and operations management. In her spare time, she serves as Director of Public Relations for Society of Orphaned Armenian Relief and commits herself to being of service to her community. Outside of work, her passions are theatre and quality time with friends and family.

Los Angeles Times – Angry homeowners and a state probe. What went wrong with State Farm’s L.A. fire response

By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-07-07/angry-homeowners-california-probe-state-farm-fire-response Six months after the Jan. 7 firestorms that killed at least 30 people and destroyed more than 16,000 structures, frustrations...

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Los Angeles Times – California’s FAIR Plan, the home insurer of last resort, may need a bailout after the L.A. fires

By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-01-18/california-fair-plan-the-home-insurer-of-last-resort-may-need-bailout-after-fire-losses The California FAIR Plan Assn., the state’s property insurer of last resort, was born of smoldering ashes — not of...

Los Angeles Times – L.A. consumer group calls FAIR Plan insurance reforms an industry ‘bailout’

By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-07-30/fair-plan-reform-homeowners-insurance-ricardo-lara-consumer-watchdog A new law that could force homeowners across California to cover billions of dollars of insurer losses caused by a...

CalMatters – Park Fire explodes up list of biggest California wildfires

By Lynn La, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/newsletter/park-fire-california-wildfires Park Fire — the largest wildfire in California this year, and one of the largest fires in the state’s history — continues to...

The San Francisco Chronicle – New agreement limits what policyholders would pay to bail out California’s ‘insurer of last resort’

By Megan Fan Munce, THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/insurance-fair-plan-wildfire-19597701.php With California fire season already off to a dire start, new reforms seek to spell out just how...

San Francisco Chronicle – How much are wildfires costing every Californian? Here’s the stunning math

By Julie Johnson, Megan Fan Munce, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/wildfire-insurance-cost-california-19361549.php# In October 2017, a dry windstorm swept across Northern California, exposing weaknesses in the state’s electric grid on...

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