Prepare your clients and your cases for California’s evolving wildfire-driven coverage disputes.
Every wildfire season brings unprecedented insured losses, and with them, rapidly shifting litigation challenges. Traditional questions on causation, exclusions and valuation now collide with complex smoke and ash contamination claims, evacuation scenarios, civil authority disputes and scrutiny over the “period of restoration.”
This white paper provides a focused analysis of:
- New disputes defining the post-wildfire coverage environment
- Bad-faith exposure tied to claim-handling documentation and compliance
- Battles over liability, subrogation and unfair competition allegations
- Business interruption controversies requiring intensive expert testimony
- Regulatory and market instability impacting availability of coverage
- Court decisions that hinge on proof of physical alteration or functional loss
- Preparation steps attorneys must take going into 2026
What You’ll Gain:
Practical insights grounded in current case law, CDI guidance and on-the-ground litigation realities — so you can better preserve evidence, coordinate claims, manage expert involvement and anticipate the arguments shaping California insurance law.
