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Jill On Money: Fire, flood, fail — Review your homeowners’ policy now
5+ hour, 17+ min ago (464+ words) Wildfires, hurricanes, flash floods — if the past few years has taught us anything, it’s that “once-in-a-generation” events seem to be occurring a lot more frequently. That puts the onus on you to focus on a sleepy corner of your financial…...
California home insurance projected to rise 16%, the largest jump in U.S.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (632+ words) California property owners can expect the nation’s steepest insurance premium hikes this year. Nevertheless, that surge will leave California property owners paying below U.S. norms, according to my trusty spreadsheet’s peek at a report by policy tracker Insurify. Their numbers…...
California FAIR Plan rates going up 29.1% in late 2026
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (616+ words) California’s home insurance of last resort, the FAIR Plan, is raising rates 29.1% for certain homeowners starting Oct. 15. Rates will be highest for those in high-risk, fire prone areas. RELATED: These candidates want to control your home insurance. Here’s why and…...
Even low-risk homes are caught up in California’s climate insurance crisis
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (502+ words) By Todd Woody, Bloomberg As another wildfire season looms, insurance companies have abandoned some California neighborhoods at lower risk of burning, forcing tens of thousands of homeowners to obtain bare-bones coverage from the state’s insurer of last resort. “What we’re…...
Gongloff: The home insurance crisis could use a public assist
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (339+ words) At a moment when America’s home insurance crisis has become bad enough to turn conservatives into socialists, a possible solution may just involve — you guessed it — big government. And contra Ronald Reagan, in this case there’s reason to think the…...
California county sues fire truck, equipment makers for antitrust mergers that doubled prices and delayed deliveries
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (600+ words) Los Angeles County is suing a private equity firm and corporate fire truck manufacturers for violation of antitrust and unfair competition laws stemming from years of acquisitions and mergers that have shrunk the market for new fire trucks, fire engines…...
California wildfire survivors urge resignation of state insurance commissioner
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (963+ words) Eaton and Palisades fire survivors on Thursday, Nov. 6, are calling for California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to resign after a report revealed what it said were loopholes in a 2023 plan that resulted in more policyholders being dropped ahead of January’s…...
Farmers Insurance to lift cap on new California home policies, seeks rate hike
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (680+ words) Farmers Insurance Group, California’s second-largest home insurance company, is seeking a rate hike amid plans to lift a cap on the number of new homeowner polices it writes each month in the state. The insurer announced this month that it…...
California insurers to charge homeowners for FAIR Plan bailout after LA wildfires
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (753+ words) Homeowners across California will soon see a new charge on their monthly insurance bills to help pay claims arising from this year’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires. Most of the temporary fees imposed by the state’s largest insurance companies will be…...
California commissioner proposes insurance rule that critics call ‘revenge’
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (787+ words) By Levi Sumagaysay, CalMatters California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is proposing more new insurance rules that critics are calling “vindictive,” and which they say will only make it easier for insurers to raise rates. Home insurance costs in California are…...