We still don’t know if rates limits for PG&E, fire insurance and rent are working as we debate whether to expand them By Dan Walters,...

Reforms labelled a "deregulation deal with insurers" By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/california-voters-oppose-insurance-reforms-says-consumer-watchdog-467078.aspx California voters oppose proposed reforms that would provide insurance companies more leeway to set...

By David Goll, PALO ALTO WEEKLY https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2023/11/16/how-californias-fire-insurance-woes-are-impacting-peninsula-homeowners Over the past decade, multiple destructive wildfires have ravaged California, creating an unprecedented homeowners insurance crisis both locally and...

By Wes Venteicher, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2023/11/15/climate-scientists-on-strike-00127501 FIRE FIGHT: Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s main antagonist is out with a poll today throwing cold water on his plans to shore up...

They say proposed changes threaten consumer protections under Prop 103 By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/breaking-news/california-democrats-voice-concern-over-insurance-reforms-466094.aspx Thirty-two members of California’s Democratic Congressional Delegation have written a letter...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU6BGRhfuAE&feature=youtu.be Carmen Balber says homeowners should push state lawmakers to hold insurance companies accountable, so what people can really do aside from shopping around is go to their state lawmakers...

By Levi Sumagaysay, CAL MATTERS https://calmatters.org/housing/2023/11/fire-insurance-california/

By Mike Pangilinan, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/property/consumer-group-highlights-loopholes-in-californias-insurance-reforms-465492.aspx A consumer advocacy group in California has claimed that a rule introduced by insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara lacks substantial consumer...

By Clare Fonstein, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/california-loses-four-home-insurance-companies-18457381.php Four small insurers say they will not renew California home policies starting in 2024.  The four companies -- Merastar Insurance...

Some insurance companies have cancelled homeowners policies or refused to write new policies By John Woolfolk, MERCURY NEWS https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/10/27/consumer-group-says-records-show-insurance-commissioner-drafted-proposed-market-fix-with-industry-lobbyists/ A consumer group says California's Department of Insurance...

By Staff Reporters, KNX – Los Angeles, CA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3UAWhrsbtU Harvey Rosenfield discusses how a big selling point for the Insurance proposal, we were told, was a guarantee that insurance companies would sell more...

By BLANCA BEGERT and CAMILLE VON KAENEL, POLITICO With help from Jordan Wolman and Wes Venteicher https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-climate/2023/10/25/what-newsom-said-to-xi-on-climate-00123654?nname=california-climate&nid=00000189-315c-d8dd-a1ed-797dc9f10000&nrid=0000014c-2419-d9dd-a5ec-34bdbd970004&nlid=2745178 BLACK BOX OPEN: The Insurance Department was pushing lawmakers to pass industry-friendly measures in...

By Yost, INSURANCE JOURNAL https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2023/10/20/744823.htm The withdrawal of major homeowners insurance companies in the California market made national headlines, but news just as concerning and impactful...

By Lois Parshley, LA IST https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/in-wildfire-prone-areas-homeowners-are-learning-theyre-uninsurable It wasn’t the first summer Justin Guay went outside and choked on smoke. Or the second. But by the time wildfire...

Company purportedly violated significant insurance reform initiative By Kenneth Araullo, INSURANCE BUSINESS https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/auto-motor/consumer-watchdog-files-petition-against-mercury-for-discrimination-price-gouging-463032.aspx Consumer Watchdog filed a petition to intervene in an enforcement action initiated by the...

Wildfires cause billions in home damage every year. Now, insurers no longer want to take on the risk. By Lois Parshley, THE GRIST https://grist.org/economics/in-wildfire-prone-areas-homeowners-are-learning-theyre-uninsurable/ It wasn't the...

By Timothy Darragh, BEST WIRE https://news.ambest.com/newscontent.aspx?refnum=253273&altsrc=23 A consumer group has filed a petition to intervene in a California Department of Insurance enforcement action against Mercury Insurance...

State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is a political ladder-climber with a long track record of ethical scandals who clearly wants a different job By Emily...

By Staff Reporters, Northwest News Radio - Seattle, WA Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

Even Governor Newsom is on the last-resort FAIR Plan By Kathleen Howley, THE MESSENGER https://themessenger.com/business/california-reforms-after-insurance-companies-pulled-out California’s state insurance regulators were trying to protect homeowners from being overcharged...

By Camille Von Kaenel, POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/28/california-insurance-commissioner-wildfire-00118929 SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California insurance commissioner used to be a stable bolthole for ambitious politicians waiting for a plum statewide...

By Staff Reporters, WAJR - Clarksburg, WV Click below to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast segment.

By Adam Beam, ASSOCIATED PRESS https://apnews.com/article/california-home-insurance-wildfire-risk-premiums-047bdfa514ce93dac83c82735a15554a SACRAMENTO - Months after California's home insurance market was rattled by major companies pausing or restricting their coverage, the state's...

By Steve Hallo, PROPERTY CASUALTY 360 https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2023/09/28/california-insurance-regulation-reforms-draw-strong-industry-support/?slreturn=20230828151831 While California’s property insurance reform proposals are yet to be ironed out, the industry is striking an overall optimistic note on...