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Wildfire and Flood Mapping Are Rewriting California Underwriting

Updated catastrophe mapping is forcing family offices and insurers to repricing risk across California real-estate portfolios.

By the Family Office Real Estate Daily Desk·Tuesday, May 12, 2026·1 min read
Wildfire and Flood Mapping Are Rewriting California Underwriting
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Updated wildfire and flood mapping is forcing a wholesale repricing of risk across California real-estate portfolios.

Family offices with West Coast exposure are now requiring detailed catastrophe modeling at the asset and portfolio level before approving new commitments.

Some lenders have begun pricing in elevated catastrophe risk through tighter covenants and higher reserve requirements.

Resilience-focused capex programs are increasingly seen as accretive rather than purely defensive.

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