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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Insurance claims from California
wildfires top $11.4 billion
Total damage is estimated
at more than $12 billion;
cost is expected to rise
By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Insur-
ance claims from California’s deadly
November 2018 wildfires have topped
$11.4 billion, making the series of fires
some of the most expensive in state
history, officials said Monday.
The latest tally adds to growing
concerns about the future availability
of home insurance in wildfire-prone
areas.
More than $8 billion of the Novem-
ber 2018 losses stem from the fire that
leveled the town of Paradise, killing 86
people and destroying roughly 15,000
homes. The other $3 billion in losses
are from two Southern California
wildfires that ignited the same week.
The numbers were expected to rise,
though not dramatically, state Insur-
ance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said.
So far, total damage for 2018 wildfires
is close to $12.4 billion.
“These are massive numbers for
us,” Lara said.
California’s wildfires are increas-
ingly destructive and the fire season
is stretching longer due to climate
change. A series of 2017 wildfires in
Northern California’s wine country
and in parts of Southern California
became the state’s most expensive in
history at $11.8 billion.
It has already become harder for
people in fire-prone areas to get or
keep insurance, although Lara said
the state is not at a point where it’s
impossible for homeowners to find it.
A recent law requires insurers who do
not renew policies to notify custom-
ers of other options, including a pooled
insurance plan of last resort known as
the “FAIR plan.”
“We want to make sure that we’re
monitoring the situation, and right now
we don’t feel this is an area we should
be alarmed about,” he said.
Still, he said the worsening fires put
California “in uncharted territory.”
The insurance department is begin-
ning to collect information on non-re-
newed policies to assess patterns such
Trump, Pelosi agree
on Feb. 5 for State
of the Union address
AP Photo/Noah Berger, File
This Dec. 3, 2018, file photo shows homes leveled by the Camp Fire in Paradise,
Calif. Insurance claims from California’s deadly November 2018 wildfires have
topped $11.4 billion. State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said Monday
that more than $8 billion worth of damage comes from the fire that leveled the
town of Paradise and killed 86 people. About $3 billion more is from two Southern
California wildfires that ignited the same week.
as location, he said.
Representatives from the insur-
ance industry acknowledged that some
insurers may stop doing business
in certain areas. But they said plans
should still be widely available.
“California still has a competitive
market, there are other carriers moving
into place to write new business,” said
Nicole Mahrt-Ganley of the American
Property Casualty Insurance Associa-
tion, which represents about 60 percent
of the nation’s property casualty insur-
ance market.
Pacific Gas & Electric Corp., Cali-
fornia’s largest utility, is preparing to
file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday.
Company officials say the utility can-
not afford an estimated $30 billion in
costs related to deadly 2017 and 2018
wildfires.
California law makes utilities
entirely liable for damage from wild-
fires sparked by their equipment,
regardless of whether they are found
to be negligent. The bankruptcy
would consolidate the victims’ law-
suits and could potentially leave thou-
sands of wildfire victims without
compensation.
State investigators recently found
that PG&E equipment did not spark of
one of the most destructive 2017 fires,
but the cause of the Paradise wildfire
has not yet been determined.
After insurers pay out claims, they
can try to get back the money from a
utility if it is found at fault.
Armand Feliciano, vice president of
the industry group, said he hopes the
bankruptcy process is fair to people
suffering losses and to insurers.
Regardless of what happens with
PG&E, California’s insurers are pre-
pared to pay out all the claims, most
of which were filed by residential prop-
erty owners, Lara said.
“We are confident that the insurers
have the money to make sure that we
make people whole,” Lara said.
WASHINGTON
—
President Donald Trump
on Monday accepted
House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi’s
invitation
to
deliver his State of the
Union speech on Feb. 5, a
week later than originally
scheduled because of the
government shutdown.
“It is my great honor to
accept,” Trump said in a
letter to Pelosi. “We have a
great story to tell and yet,
great goals to achieve!”
The speech had been
scheduled for Jan. 29,
but Pelosi postponed it
amid what turned into a
35-day partial government
shutdown over Trump’s
demand for border wall
funding. It was the first
known time that a speaker
had rescinded an invitation
to deliver the State of the
Union.
“When I wrote to you on
January 23rd, I stated that
we should work together to
find a mutually agreeable
date when government has
reopened to schedule this
year’s State of the Union
address,” Pelosi wrote. “In
our conversation today, we
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, accompanied
by House Democratic members, stands after signing a
deal to reopen the government in Washington on Friday.
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agreed on February 5th.
“Therefore,” she contin-
ued, “I invite you to deliver
your State of the Union
address before a Joint Ses-
sion of Congress on Febru-
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Chamber.”
Pelosi’s office and the
White House told The
Associated Press that the
House speaker and presi-
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Monday afternoon.
The House and Senate
still must pass a resolution
officially inviting Trump
to speak to a joint session
of Congress.
Pelosi had postponed
the speech, first as a “sug-
gestion” and later, after
Trump declared his intent
to appear anyway, as a for-
mal rescission. The presi-
dent then refused to allow
her to lead a delegation
overseas on the military
jets he commands.
Finally, last Friday,
Trump capitulated. All
sides agreed to fund the
government through Feb.
15 to give negotiators time
to discuss border security.
And on Monday, Pelosi
confirmed the State of the
Union was back on — on
her schedule.
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