California wildfire insurance coverage remains important despite drought end

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Millions of residents of the state aren’t out of the risk of wildfires even though the rains returned. The end of the several year long drought in the state hasn’t eliminated the need for California wildfire insurance yet, says a new report. Last winter came with soaking storms that put an end to what looked as though it would be a never-ending drought. Despite the fact that the land is no longer parched as it has been over the last few years, this doesn’t mean that the threat of wildfires…

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Homeowners insurance is running from Californian wildfires

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As the brush fires and blazes moved ahead, insurers started to step back from providing coverage. Near the start of October, homeowners insurance companies found themselves covering the majority of the almost 5,000 claims that were made as a result of two wildfires that occurred in September in Northern California and agreed both to provide the policyholders with a larger amount of time in which to document their claims and to boost the speed of the payments. That said, following one of the worst wildfire seasons in the state, the…

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