Welcome to your weekly newsletter with the updates you need to succeed in property and casualty insurance.
Fire and Water
As snowpack melts in California, can winter rains remedy the situation and stave off another year of drought and wildfire? Maybe not.
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Insurance Required for Gunowners?A new bill introduced by two CA senators would require gun owners to purchase liability insurance for the negligence or accidental use of their firearms. |
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Turkey Quake: $1B Insured LossesEconomic and insured losses from secondary perils from natural catastrophes are accelerating and surpassing the loss totals from primary perils. Read more at Insurance Journal |
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$480M Cleanup for Kansas Oil SpillA faulty weld at a bend in an oil pipeline contributed to a spill that dumped nearly 13,000 bathtubs’ worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek. |
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Cyclone Rips Across New ZealandSome 225,000 homes are without electricity, at least 2,500 people have been evacuated, and tens of thousands have had travel disrupted. |
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Virginia Car Insurance RequirementsVirginia is one of the only states in the country that does not require drivers to have auto insurance, but that may soon be changing under new legislation. |
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Wildfire Preparation Bills in WASeveral bills have been introduced to bring in funding to help battle wildfires - Commissioner of Public Lands proposed “Cascading Impacts of Wildfire” legislation. Read more at NBC24 |
