Allstate said the wildfires blazed through Southern California last month will bring the insurance company a sizable loss – $1.1 billion.

Allstate insurance said it expects a $1.1 billion loss from claims caused by the wildfires that swept through Southern California in January

Allstate Corp. said it expects about $1.1 billion in losses from the wildfires that destroyed Los Angeles County communities in January.

U.S. primary insurer Allstate has estimated that its gross losses from the Los Angeles, California wildfires will be $2 billion, and after r

The economic toll from the California wildfires is just starting to become clear. Allstate is the latest insurer out with numbers. The insurance company says it will pay out $1.1 billion in insured claims.

In the fourth quarter, catastrophe losses took $315 million out of Allstate’s homeowners insurance business, up from $21 million the year before.