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Washington Examiner – California to require home insurance coverage be offered to high-risk areas
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December 31, 2024
By Jack Birle, WASHINGTON EXAMINER
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-and-environment/3273059/california-require-home-insurance-coverage-high-risk-areas-wildfires/
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara introduced a new regulation Monday aimed at expanding coverage to areas at high risk of wildfires after insurers have limited...
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KXTV-SAC (ABC) – Sacramento, CA: Home Insurance Coverage Rules
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December 31, 2024
Consumer Watchdog worries homeowners will see double digit rate increases.
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The Washington Post – California will force insurers to cover fire-prone areas. But rates will rise.
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December 31, 2024
By Aaron Gregg, WASHINGTON POST
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/31/california-home-insurance-wildfire-policies
Insurance companies that pulled back from fire-prone areas of California in recent years will have to start covering those regions...
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KMAX-SAC (CW) – Sacramento, CA: Expanding Insurance Coverage In Wildfire-Prone Areas
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December 30, 2024
Consumer Watchdog is calling this a horrible policy put out by the state.
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KPIX-SF (CBS) – San Francisco, CA: New Regulation Allows Insurance Companies To Pass On Cost Of Reinsurance
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December 30, 2024
There will be a limit to how much of the costs they can pass along, but Consumer Watchdog estimates it could drive up the prices of insurance by 40%
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Insurance Journal – California Commissioner Issues Regulation to Allow Reinsurance in Ratemaking
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December 30, 2024
By INSURANCE JOURNAL
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2024/12/30/806461.htm
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday announced what he is calling the final step in his efforts to help the...
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Los Angeles Times – State takes final step to fix California’s troubled home insurance market
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December 30, 2024
By Laurence Darmiento, LOS ANGELES TIMES
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-30/california-home-insurance-sustainable-insurance-strategy-lara-reinsurance-state-farm-wildfires
The state released another regulation Monday aimed at easing California’s home insurance crisis that will allow insurers to...
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Associated Press – California will soon require insurers to increase home coverage in wildfire-prone areas
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December 30, 2024
BY TRÂN NGUYỄN AND STEFANIE DAZIO, ASSOCIATED PRESS
https://apnews.com/article/california-increases-home-insurance-wildfires-56486f80c0f5f5e63b90db06d230f1d1#
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance companies that stopped providing home coverage to hundreds of thousands of Californians in recent years as wildfires...
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Lara Reinsurance Regulation To Pump Up Homeowners Rates By 40% Without Guarantees of New Wildfire Coverage, No Opportunity For Public Input
December 30, 2024
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The new draft regulation proposed by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara would allow insurance companies to drive up home insurance rates by 40% to 50%
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December 13, 2024
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Consumers should expect large rate hikes but not more insurance policies sold under new rules issued by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara
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