Tag: California Fires

California and disaster aid

Speaking of California, it’s probably a good time to note that every member of that state’s congressional delegation who voted on it supported the federal hurricane relief bill that cleared Congress just before Christmas. All but six of California’s 52-member U.S. House delegation and one of its two U.S. senators participated in the Dec. 20 […]

Written by on January 14, 2025

Causey and California

The main lesson of the ongoing fires in California is that it’s counterproductive to “artificially hold down the true cost of insurance,” N.C. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey says. As they have with Florida, insurers have pulled out of the California market for homeowners insurance because they can’t recoup the costs of covering high-risk areas, he […]

Written by on January 14, 2025