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Jean Eaglesham

ARTICLES BY JEAN EAGLESHAM

State Farm aggressively expanded in wildfire-prone areas of California, underpricing policies to dominate the market. (Image: Reuters)

State farm was all in on California—until it pulled the plug before the fires

11 min read . 07 Feb 2025

Multibillion-dollar losses could put significant pressure on California’s already fragile home-insurance market.. (AFP)

Los Angeles fire damage likely to be costliest blaze in US History

2 min read . 10 Jan 2025

Insurers have been pricing in the risks of events such as wildfires and passing the costs on to their customers. (AFP/Getty Images)

The two big insurers still betting on fossil fuels

5 min read . 25 Sept 2024

Heat can hamper crops’ quality and volume, losses that may not be apparent until harvest. PHOTO: ETIENNE LAURENT/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Extreme heat is causing billions in damages that insurers won’t cover

3 min read . 13 Jul 2024

Rising losses from storms and hurricanes are prompting insurers to increase rates and curtail coverage. PHOTO: HENRY’S WEATHER CHANNEL/REUTERS

How insurers game out disaster risk and drop customers

5 min read . 27 Apr 2024

In this image released by the National Transportation and Safety Board, a NTSB investigator is seen on the cargo vessel Dali, which struck and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Baltimore. (Peter Knudson/NTSB via AP) (AP)

Legal Fight Over Destroyed Baltimore Bridge Is Likely About to Start

3 min read . 28 Mar 2024

Aeroflot planes at an airport outside Moscow in early 2022. PHOTO: PAVEL GOLOVKIN/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Russia Seized 400 Foreign-Owned Jets. Then an Epic Insurance Fight Began.

4 min read . 20 Mar 2024

Allstate’s stock price is up more than 50% from last summer’s low. (Photo: Getty Images)

Insurers rake in profits as customers pay soaring premiums

4 min read . 25 Jan 2024

Actress Marta Cross, top, had trouble completing a home purchase in the tree-filled Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles because she was unable to get insurance from any private-sector company due to wildfire risk.

Buying Home and Auto Insurance Used to Be Routine. It’s Becoming a Nightmare.

11 min read . 08 Jan 2024

Robert Dubie rebuilt his home in Paradise, Calif., after wildfires hit the town five years ago.

Homeowners Flock to Last-Resort Insurance Policies

5 min read . 04 Oct 2023

The contingency plan puts pressure on the U.S. partners at the 390,000-person firm. They are demanding that the future audit-focused firm get a bigger piece of the firm’s lucrative tax business (Photo: AFP)

EY breakup plan stalled on partners split

5 min read . 16 Mar 2023

The SEC is effectively sending a warning to audit firms, which don’t want to run afoul of their regulator, as well as putting investors on alert. (Photo: AFP)

SEC heightening scrutiny of auditors’ crypto work

4 min read . 22 Dec 2022

EY looks at backup plans on split amid higher costs, slower growth

5 min read . 15 Dec 2022

The warning comes as regulators increase their scrutiny of auditors. The SEC is concerned that auditors too often fail to respond adequately to red flags that point to possible financial chicanery (Photo: AFP)

SEC accountant warns of heightened fraud risk amid recession fears

4 min read . 03 Nov 2022

Airlines are a significant producer of greenhouse gases yet tout green credentials that hardly mitigate emissions. (AFP)

Airlines say they are green, but the industry fights emissions rules

5 min read . 11 Oct 2022

EY faces knotty split of its lucrative tax business

4 min read . 20 Sept 2022

The split, penciled in for late next year, would separate EY’s accountants who check the books of companies such as Amazon Inc. from its faster-growing consulting business of advising on technology, deals and other issues (Photo: AFP)

Ernst & Young leaders expected to approve plan to split accounting company

5 min read . 06 Sept 2022

Debt issues delay Ernst & Young split plan

4 min read . 30 Jul 2022

EY’s breakup plan means windfalls for partners

8 min read . 20 Jun 2022

Big Four accounting firms are still there, trying to unwind complicated relationships with their Russian counterparts

Global auditing firms struggle to leave Russia

4 min read . 25 Apr 2022