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As climate shocks grow, lawmakers investigate insurers fleeing risky areas

Faced with growing losses from hurricanes, floods and wildfires, major insurance companies are pulling out of California, Florida and Louisiana — a shift that threatens to undermine the economies of those states.

Camp Fire: CA home insurer can’t pay claims, goes insolvent

Camp Fire: CA home insurer can’t pay claims, goes insolvent

Potential monetary losses from the Camp Fire led a judge to declare Merced Property & Casualty Co. of Atwater insolvent on Monday. The wildfire in California destroyed more than 13,000 homes, mostly in Paradise.
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