Rating firms said today that they believed insurers providing property coverage in California have the ability to weather the losses inflicted by the wildfires there.
Catastrophe modeling firms have estimated the insured losses could exceed $1 billion. More than 1,500 structures were reported burned today.
Fitch Rating said carriers are well positioned to absorb these losses, since catastrophe claims have been well below average this year.
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