#1 LA County Launches Investigation Into State Farm Over Wildfire Claims

Nov 13 2025 // Los Angeles County is conducting an investigation into State Farm’s handling of insurance claims from the devastating L.A. wildfires in January.The investigation was ordered by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors,...

#2 Massive Wildfire Liabilities Push Utilities to Use AI to Stop Blazes

Nov 25 2025 // On the hunt for cheap and fast strategies to prevent deadly wildfires, utilities across the US and Europeare contracting with a handful of artificial intelligence startups to map wildfire risk along thousands of miles of...

#3 Mounting Oregon Wildfire Claims Threaten Ratings of Berkshire’s PacifiCorp

Nov 13 2025 // A Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.-owned utility is at risk of losing its investment-grade credit rating as it expects to have to pay up more money for litigation brought by victims of 2020 wildfires in Oregon.PacifiCorp...

#4 Report Asks Washington Lawmakers to Require Insurers to Better Track Wildfire Risk

Dec 3 2025 // A working group on wildfires in Washington wants the state Legislature to consider requiring insurers to internally track instances in which wildfire risk materially contributes to a policy nonrenewal, cancellation or...

#5 Arizona Study Group Issues Report on Homeowners Insurance and Wildfire Risk

Dec 5 2025 // A report from a regulator-created group found that a multifaceted approach to addressing wildfires and lack of insurance affordability in Arizona should be tackled with a multifaceted approach that includes homeowners,...

#6 New Zealand Firefighters Say Tongariro Wildfire Is Coming Under Control

Nov 10 2025 // A wildfire that swept across thousands of hectares of New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park appears to be coming under control, officials said. Residents are being allowed back into the area following an earlier...

#7 Buffett Utility Reaches Oregon Wildfire Deal With Nearly 1,500 Victims

Nov 20 2025 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s PacifiCorp said it has reached a $150 million settlement with 1,434 plaintiffs associated with the 2020 Labor Day fires in Oregon.The accord, disclosed Wednesday in a regulatory filing, will...