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A new bill would require insurers who use catastrophic event and wildfire risk modeling formulas to calculate insurance premiums, demonstrate that their analysis takes policy holders’ wildfire prevention investments into account.
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The proposal , sponsored by Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, comes at a time of rising property insurance premiums and policy cancellations or non-renewals across the country and much of the West