Home insurance was already hard to get. Then came L.A.’s fires. Here’s what San Diegans need to know.
Home insurance was already hard to get. Then came L.A.’s fires. Here’s what San Diegans need to know.

Amid expected fire losses in the billions of dollars, here’s a primer on how to navigate the San Diego County insurance market and new regulations aimed at keeping carriers from leaving. Read more
Paralyzed by heaps of post-fire paperwork? Here are 8 tips to get started
Paralyzed by heaps of post-fire paperwork? Here are 8 tips to get started

Wildfire victims face heaps of bureaucratic paperwork, including insurance claims, loan applications and requests for FEMA assistance. Completing such forms can be time-consuming and overwhelming. We spoke to psychologists and insurance experts for tips on how to get through it. With containment of the Palisades…
How Will L.A. Rebuild? The Recovery From the Wine Country Fire Offers Clues.
How Will L.A. Rebuild? The Recovery From the Wine Country Fire Offers Clues.

The Tubbs fire in 2017 wiped out more than 5,000 structures in a Northern California county. Homeowners faced challenges, but hundreds were able to rebuild within two years. Donna and Bob Williamson call the strange souvenirs pulled from the ashes of their home their Museum…
The best way to claim insurance if you lost your home or business in the Los Angeles wildfires
The best way to claim insurance if you lost your home or business in the Los Angeles wildfires

More than 6,000 structures have been destroyed in Southern California this week after wildfires, fanned by brutal Santa Ana winds, ripped through multiple neighborhoods of greater Los Angeles. The affected home and business owners are preparing for a tough recovery ahead, one that is likely…
Bay Area agency works to help Southern California fire victims recover
Bay Area agency works to help Southern California fire victims recover

A Bay Area-based agency is stepping up to help those impacted by the deadly and destructive Southern California wildfires. After the Fire USA, based in Sonoma, is already getting to work in the Los Angeles area. CEO Jennifer Gray Thompson said the nonprofit group works…
How the wildfires in Los Angeles area could affect California’s home insurance market
How the wildfires in Los Angeles area could affect California’s home insurance market

The wildfires that destroyed homes in multiple sections of the Los Angeles area will test California’s efforts to stabilize the state’s insurance marketplace after many insurers stopped issuing residential policies due to the high fire risk. The wind-driven blazes that started Tuesday roared through neighborhoods…
An insurance crisis was already brewing in L.A. Then the fires hit.
An insurance crisis was already brewing in L.A. Then the fires hit.

In July, as California sweltered through its hottest month in history, the state’s biggest insurance company stopped providing home insurance to more than a thousand homeowners in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. Tucked into the fire-prone hillsides on the city’s Westside, the neighborhood…
Changes to insurance may affect those impacted by Los Angeles area wildfires
Changes to insurance may affect those impacted by Los Angeles area wildfires

On this segment of Ask an Expert, we’re discussing the insurance implications of the devastating wildfires burning in Southern California. This as private insurance companies have canceled hundreds of policies in wildfire-prone areas and the state’s FAIR plan takes on more policies. To answer those…
Los Angeles Fires Burn Down Thousands Of Homes: Here Is How You Can Claim Insurance
Los Angeles Fires Burn Down Thousands Of Homes: Here Is How You Can Claim Insurance

Multiple wildfires have been ravaging Los Angeles County since Tuesday, resulting in at least five deaths and thousands of residents being displaced. Authorities called for more mass evacuations on Wednesday after hundreds of structures were destroyed. Now, locals are seeking insurance for their property loss.…
Tools for recovering insurance after wildfires
Tools for recovering insurance after wildfires

Amy Bach, executive director of the nonprofit United Policyholders, joined us to discuss how she and her team provide tools and resources for navigating insurance after disasters, such as devastating wildfires. For more information, visit UPHelp.org. This segment aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News…
Insurance claim tips for homeowners affected by Southern California wildfires
Insurance claim tips for homeowners affected by Southern California wildfires

Multiple wildfires have been sweeping across Los Angeles County since Tuesday, killing at least five and pushing thousands out of their homes. The total damage is not yet known; the fires were 0% contained as of Wednesday. For the owners of the 1,000-plus structures destroyed…
Palisades Fire: Wildfire Evacuation Tips
Palisades Fire: Wildfire Evacuation Tips

We are keeping an eye on the Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire.  Our hearts are with everyone affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles. If told to evacuate due to the wildfire, do so immediately. If you are preparing to evacuate, here are our home…
County’s Office of Recovery announces partnership with Kako’o Maui at West Maui center
County’s Office of Recovery announces partnership with Kako’o Maui at West Maui center

The County of Maui’s Office of Recovery and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) are proud to announce a partnership that brings CNHA’s Kākoʻo Maui Resource Center to the Office of Recovery-West Maui at Lahaina Gateway. Under the partnership, which began earlier this week,…
Keep insurers’ fingers out of Maui wildfire survivors’ pockets
Keep insurers’ fingers out of Maui wildfire survivors’ pockets

For Maui wildfire survivors, the global settlement of lawsuits provides a degree of certainty and closure. With lawsuits behind them, survivors can begin the long process of rebuilding and recovering without the specter of long legal battles. Under the proposed settlement, many wildfire survivors reached…
Home damaged by Tropical Storm Debby? Here are helpful tips for claiming insurance payout
Home damaged by Tropical Storm Debby? Here are helpful tips for claiming insurance payout

It’s a long way from the paths of destruction carved out by such historic weather events as Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina, but Tropical Storm Debby, which cut through central Pennsylvania this past weekend, left a path of destruction with plenty of damaged roofs and…
Assistance centers opening for Park Fire victims
Assistance centers opening for Park Fire victims

Tehama County, in conjunction with local, state, and federal agencies and non-governmental organizations, will host a local assistance center for individuals, families and businesses affected by the Park Fire. The event will be held inside the Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. According…
Maui Remembers: West Maui to close Aug. 8 in observation of one-year mark since wildfires
Maui Remembers: West Maui to close Aug. 8 in observation of one-year mark since wildfires

In observance of the one-year mark since the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires, the Office of Recovery-West Maui in Lahaina Gateway will be closed on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. The office will open Friday, Aug. 9, for a condensed schedule from 8 to 11 a.m.…
Tehama County Evacuation Center is closing tomorrow
Tehama County Evacuation Center is closing tomorrow

In less than 24 hours, the Tehama County Evacuation Center in Los Molinos will be shutting down. Red Cross Shelter manager, Mahogany Coward, says that typically there has to be 10 people or more to keep a shelter open. Only three people are using the…