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What California’s insurance commissioner does — and how it affects your wallet
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (1282+ words) Start a monthly gift to keep CapRadio strong and independent. Donate Now to Keep CapRadio Strong State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is flanked by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, left, and Sens. Ben Allen and Sasha Renee Perez, right, as…...
California Insurance Bills Protect Ratepayers from Nonrenewals
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (223+ words) State Sen. Ben Allen, D-Pacific Palisades, has advanced two bills aimed at protecting insurance ratepayers from losing coverage unnecessarily or being harmed by bad business practices. Both now head to Gov. Newsom. "California ratepayers have faced an increasingly difficult insurance…...
California Legislature Approves Three Bills to Require Fair and Timely Home Insurance Payouts and Improve Access to Coverage, Says Consumer Watchdog
1+ week, 5+ day ago (439+ words) "Insurance determines whether fire survivors can rebuild our homes and our lives. These bills restore a basic promise: if we pay for insurance, insurers must keep their promises, tell us what it takes to stay insured, and pay what they…...
California passes three bills tightening claims and nonrenewal rules for insurers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (443+ words) The California legislature has passed three bills reshaping how property insurers handle claims and nonrenewals, sending them to Governor Newsom for signature. The bills, authored by state senators Sasha Renée Pérez and Ben Allen, follow sustained scrutiny of insurer conduct…...
CA insurance commissioner advances consumer protections to Governor Newsom
1+ week, 4+ day ago (545+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday announced a package of ten bills that he sponsors have been advanced to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk that would strengthen disaster recovery protections, increase insurance company accountability and expand access to…...
Exiting California’s FAIR Plan
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (269+ words) Carrier Management Exiting California’s FAIR Plan Having steered clear of Altadena since late March 2025, shortly after the Eaton fire tore through the community, I decided to return this past weekend. My hopes were high for a sustained recovery. The town…...
California Can’t Insure Its Homes. Now Sacramento Wants to Insure the
2+ week, 3+ day ago (399+ words) INSURANCE EMERGENCY - California homeowners are struggling to find affordable coverage while Sacramento explores a new frontier in climate policy: insuring urban forests. The question is not whether trees matter. It is whether California has its priorities straight. California has an…...
Altadena’s Recovery Extends Far Beyond Rebuilding More Than 18 Months After the Eaton Fire
2+ week, 6+ day ago (233+ words) Learn more about out how LPPI utilizes your donation. The UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute team is devoted to advocating for communities of color across the U.S. UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute is committed to shaping a new narrative so…...
California FAIR Plan rates rise October 15, with biggest increases in wildfire-risk areas
2+ week, 6+ day ago (571+ words) The FAIR Plan was meant to serve as a backstop for people shut out of the regular insurance market. For hundreds of thousands of Californians who have already been pushed onto the state's insurer of last resort, another major housing…...
FAIR Plan rate hike adds to California homeowners insurance strain
3+ week, 5+ day ago (401+ words) California's homeowners insurance market is absorbing a new wave of rate increases. The pressure arrives as lawmakers weigh changes to how wildfire costs are allocated between utilities, insurers, and policyholders. The California FAIR Plan's 29.1% rate increase takes effect October 15, per…...