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Jun 26, 2023
State Farm, Allstate’s refusal to issue new property, casualty polices a pressure tactic to get OK for premium increases By Thomas Elias,…
Jun 24, 2023
By Claire Hao, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-auto-insurance-coverage-18162066.php Since March, Kevon Cottrell has had a hard time finding coverage for his home in…
Jun 24, 2023
By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS DAILY ADVISOR State Farm, the largest homeowners insurance company in California, recently announced (opens in new tab) it would…
Jun 21, 2023
By Claire Hao, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-car-insurance-18145165.php It’s not just home insurance. Auto insurance is also increasingly hard to get in California, according…
Jun 20, 2023
By Claire Hao, San Francisco CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/home-car-insurance-18145165.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral It’s not just home insurance. Auto insurance is also increasingly hard to get in California,according…
Jun 20, 2023
By Dustin Gardner, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-oil-regulations-california-18156243.php California lawmakers were on the verge of passing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to allow the…
Jun 19, 2023
By Mika Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/allstate-approved-to-raise-rates-in-california-449562.aspx California has approved Allstate’s requestion to increase homeowner insurance premiums by 4%, with another hike of nearly 40%…
Jun 16, 2023
By Grace Gedye, CALMATTERS https://calmatters.org/economy/2023/06/california-home-insurance/ After State Farm declared in late May that it wouldn’t sell any new home insurance policies in California, people shopping…
Jun 15, 2023
By Sam Dean, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-06-15/state-farm-homeowners-insurance-california When State Farm announced in May that the company would stop writing new homeowners…
Jun 15, 2023
By John Woolfolk, THE EAST BAY TIMES Allstate has received California’s blessing to raise homeowner insurance premiums 4%, but the state’s fifth…
Jun 14, 2023
By John Woolfolk, EAST BAY TIMES https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/06/08/is-california-facing-home-insurance-crisis-like-hurricane-ravaged-florida/amp/ Farmers Insurance had covered Don Baker’s light-gray house with powder-blue trim since he and his…
Jun 8, 2023
By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/state-farm-allstate-accused-of-extortion-following-california-pullback-448496.aspx A consumer advocacy group in California has accused Allstateand State Farm of engaging in extortion tactics after both companies…
Jun 7, 2023
By Timothy Darragh, BESTWIRE https://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?refnum=250142&altsrc=9 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara says he cannot stop homeowners insurers such as State Farm from putting…
Jun 7, 2023
State Farm won’t write new fire insurance policies in California. Forcing it to do so ignores the inevitable. By Mark Gongloff, THE…
Jun 7, 2023
By Thomas Elias, ENTERPRISE RECORD But Lara is constrained by Prop. 103, which limits what companies can charge. The measure has saved…
Jun 7, 2023
By Michael R. Blood, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfire-insurance-e31bef0ed7eeddcde096a5b8f2c1768f LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two insurance industry giants have pulled back from California’s home insurance…
Jun 5, 2023
By Eliyahu Kamisher, Max Reyes, & Biz Carson, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-06-02/allstate-state-farm-stop-selling-new-home-insurance-in-california Californians looking to buy a house face some of…
Jun 5, 2023