Wildfires aren’t just a California problem. They’re burning on four continents at once, and the numbers this week are staggering. Here’s where things stand as of July 30, 2026. The US: 92 large fires and counting. Firefighters are currently working to suppress and contain 92 large fires across the country, with 9 new large incidents […]
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Home Hardening Benefits are driving a whole new wave of Home Wildfire Protection Products. As wildfire seasons grow longer and more intense, so has the market for products designed to help homes survive them. What used to be a fairly narrow category—defensible space and maybe a fire-resistant roof—has expanded into a genuine industry, with new
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Momentum is building to solve the home insurance crisis. California lawmakers are finally doing something about the insurance mess wildfire survivors have been dealing with since the LA fires wiped out roughly 11,000 homes two years ago. The bad news: it’s a lot of moving pieces, some are law already, some are still bills, and
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Wildfire is shaping the CA Insurance Market. Stanford University Climate and Energy Policy Program has released a white paper that looks at the current home insurance crisis with origins like Prop 103 that goes back as far 1988. Proposition 103, although enacted to manage a surge in the auto insurance premiums, established a statutory framework
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If huge organizations can’t control a wildfire, how can I control a wildfire? It’s not a matter of controlling a wildfire; it’s a matter of changing the conditions of the house. Getting an assessment is what all homeowners can do. – Jack Cohen Ph.D Your Home Can Survive a Wildfire Jack Cohen, Ph.D., is often
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Finally, good news about home insurance. Zurich US has submitted a commercial property insurance rate filing under California’s Sustainable Insurance Strategy. It is one of the first large commercial carriers to join the state’s effort to stabilize its insurance market. The strategy was created by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara. It is designed to expand the availability of
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