fire insurance

Whether you’re in a potential evacuation zone or faced with possible power outages, it pays to plan ahead for California’s peak wildfire season.

The state’s top insurance regulator on Friday said property insurance providers should extend claim deadlines for wildfire victims who are still rebuilding. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued an official notice, requesting insurance companies broadly relax certain policy requirements on property insurance policyholders for at least 90 days after the end of the ongoing coronavirus state of emergency. “As our nation…

A key state lawmaker is calling on state regulators to more aggressively oversee PG&E’s unprecedented wildfire safety power shutoff that could impact as many as 2.5 million people.

Nearly two years after the North Bay wildfires, homes are slowly being rebuilt. But some homeowners say their mortgage holders are shorting them thousands of dollars, at a time when they need every cent to get back on their feet.

The two-year anniversary of the North Bay wildfires is right around the corner. But it’s not just a symbolic benchmark; it’s an unexpected deadline for many families whose homes burned down.

After an entrepreneur saw one of our NBC Bay Area Responds stories, she decided to start a business. Video Safe offers to help homeowners with the tedious task of documenting all their personal property for insurance purposes — something that can be critical to getting a full claim payout in the event of a fire.

A growing number of home owners are getting notices from their insurance companies claiming their homeowners’ policy is not being renewed because their properties pose an unacceptable risk of wildfire.

Sam and Monica Brinkerhoff thought they lost everything in the Tubbs fire. The married couple had been so focused on making it out of their Coffey Park neighborhood, which erupted in flames last Monday, that they didn’t think about gathering important possessions.

Consumer reporter Chris Chmura has helpful advice if you’re a homeowner affected by the North Bay wildfire.

A member of the U.S. fencing team saw his Olympic elation quickly turn to devastation when he discovered that his house in Northern California had been destroyed in the Clayton Fire.