By Trevor Morgan, SANTA CLARITA VALLEY SIGNAL August 5, 2022 https://signalscv.com/2022/08/castaic-residents-see-1000-increase-in-fire-insurance/ Residents of a Castaic condominium complex are wondering why an estimated 1000% increase to their fire insurance rates would happen in...

By Staff Reporters, CLAIMS JOURNAL July 18, 2022 https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2022/07/18/311619.htm Insurers and consumer advocates are conveying conflicting messages as both try to focus public attention on smoke damage claims. Mercury Insurance issued a press...

By Carolyn Said, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE July 15, 2022 https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/home-smoke-damage-17306521.php  Where there’s fire, there’s smoke. But in California, some insurance companies are trying to treat wildfire smoke damage as separate from fire damage so they...

By Staff Reporters, KNX 1070AM Los Angeles, CA July 13, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Harvey Rosenfield with Consumer Watchdog details how their new...

By Staff Reporters, KCBS 740AM San Francisco, CA July 13, 2022 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment. Consumer Watchdog says insurance companies are illegally inserting language...

By Ethan Varian, MERCURY NEWS July 13, 2022 https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/13/californias-insurer-of-last-resort-accused-of-wrongly-denying-wildfire-claims/ After the CZU Lightning Complex Fires ripped through the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020, Sarah Mapel's home was one of the few in...