State Farm to stop accepting homeowners insurance applications in California due to wildfires

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3. It must have been 20 years ago that the front page of USA today had a pic of a whole hillside of

homes burnt out except for the one guy that built his place right. There was a little bit of a stink raised because the fire department focused their efforts on saving that guys home if I remember right. It was the only one they even had a chance at saving and the guys were hosing it down from the street above ready to run for it.

Then from the same fire I saw this jackass that admitted to having a shake shingle roof. No problem, and he was going to rebuild. He didn't say if he would be a little more careful.

Lack of regulation in the first place and insurance companies willing to ensure guys like that to take the big money when they could.