Tag: Wildfires
PG&E’s Plan To Bury Thousands Of Miles Of Lines For Fire Prevention Could Exceed $15 Billion
By Sonseeahary Tonsall, Eric Rucker, Ian McDonald, KXTL FOX TV-40, Sacramento, CA July 21, 2021 https://fox40.com/news/wildfire-watch/pge-announces-plan-to-bury-thousands-of-miles-of-lines/ CHICO, Calif. (KTXL) — Pacific Gas and Electric announced on...
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KXTV ABC TV-10 Sacramento, CA: Consumer Watchdog Says CA Needs Own Power Supply to Avoid Flex Alerts
Consumer Watchdog Accuses California Insurance Commissioner Of Favoring Insurers
By Lyle Adriano, INSURANCE BUSINESS MAGAZINE June 8, 2021 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/consumer-watchdog-accuses-california-insurance-commissioner-of-favoring-insurers-257271.aspx Consumer Watchdog has called out California insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara and the working group he...
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California Insurance Commissioner’s Wildfire Working Group Embraces Insurance Industry Wish List at Expense of Consumers and Taxpayers
Los Angeles, CA — A group convened by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to investigate insurance-related climate change solutions is recommending he let insurance companies insert secret...
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Consumer Watchdog Urges Insurance Discounts for Homeowners, Protections Against Policy Cancellations and Withdrawals in Wildfire Areas
When disaster hits, insurance companies are supposed to have your back… but their number one priority is almost always their own financial well-being. We’ve seen...
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KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA: ‘Catastrophic Model’ Could Be Used To Set Your Fire Insurance Rates
Wildfires Hasten Another Climate Crisis: Homeowners Who Can’t Get Insurance
Insurers, facing huge losses, have been pulling back from fire-prone areas across California. “The marketplace has largely collapsed,” an advocate for counties in the state...
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KGO ABC TV-7 SF: How Wildfire Victims, Evacuees Can Speed Up Fire Insurance Claims Even Without House Damage
How Wildfire Victims, Evacuees Can Speed Up Fire Insurance Claims Even Without House Damage
By Michael Finney and Randall Yip, KGO ABC TV-7 San Francisco, CA August 26, 2020 Click here to watch the video of this news segment: https://abc7news.com/lightning-fires-scu-complex-fire-lnu-czu-august/6390505/...
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Column: As Focus Turned To Coronavirus Crisis, Insurers Pushed For A Sneaky Rate Hike On Homeowners
By Michael Hiltzik, LOS ANGELES TIMES June 19, 2020 https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-06-19/insurers-coronavirus-rate-hike It’s fair to say that most Americans see the coronavirus pandemic as an enormous and...
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