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October 19, 2017

California’s wildfires: A preliminary view of insured loss

To get a preliminary view of risk within the wildfire-affected areas in California, Verisk used FireLine—our wildfire risk management tool – to analyze two of the largest…

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July 12, 2017

Key findings from the 2017 Verisk wildfire risk analysis

California emerged from a long drought only to plunge into a heightened wildfire season. In fact, wildfires are up in many of the 13 wildfire-prone states Verisk analyzed…

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April 10, 2017

Human activity dramatically increases the duration of wildfire season

According to a report published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, "human-ignited wildfires accounted for 84 percent of all wildfires,…

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December 13, 2016

Why was Gatlinburg destroyed?

Catastrophic wildfires claimed 14 lives and destroyed nearly 1,700 homes in Gatlinburg, Tenn., in early December 2016.

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October 7, 2016

U.S. Fire Administrator Ernest Mitchell on WUI risk

One of the central topics facing the fire service is the fact that trends indicate fire risk has been growing in the wildland-urban interface (WUI).

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September 7, 2016

California burning: An analysis of the summer 2015 wildfires

With at least seven lives lost and thousands of properties destroyed from raging wildfires, the summer of 2015 was one of terrible devastation for Northern California.

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June 1, 2016

The difference between FireLine and PPC

Fire. It’s a basic combination of three elements that surround us every day: heat, fuel, and oxygen.

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December 15, 2015

FireLine examines California’s Valley and Butte wildfires

In September 2015, two fires in Northern California—the Butte and Valley Fires—burned through nearly 147,000 acres and set 1,600 properties ablaze.

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October 1, 2015

Wildfire risk assessment: California’s Butte fire

Almost 600 properties were damaged or destroyed as California’s Butte wildfire ripped through nearly 71,000 acres during the summer of 2015.

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September 15, 2015

Assessing destruction caused by California's 2015 wildfires

California's Valley Fire in Middletown, which blazed through 65,000 acres, could be one of the top five costliest in the state's history.

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June 1, 2015

Key findings from the 2015 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis

California leads U.S., with most households at high or extreme risk from wildfires, according to the 2015 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis.

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January 1, 2015

The dynamic world of public fire protection

New methodology for Public Protection Classification (PPC) grades will allow resurvey of nearly 48,000 communities every few years.

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July 1, 2014

The world's most dangerous country

Neil Spector, president of Verisk Insurance Solutions, interviews Nick Coch, professor at Queens College on geology and natural disaster hazards.

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January 1, 2014

2013 Verisk wildfire risk analysis

More than 4.5 million households are at high or extreme risk from wildfire according to a 2013 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis.

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July 1, 2013

Assessing the cost of the Texas 2013 Black Forest wildfire

Residents of El Paso County, site of the Black Forest fire, filed more than $365 million in claims, according to Verisk's Property Claim Services.

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