More than a dozen homeowners and their representatives told The Times that the California Department of Insurance did little ...

None of the Democratic candidates for California insurance commissioner won the party's endorsement at its state convention ...

After the deadly 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires, lawmakers have proposed a flurry of insurance-related legislation aimed at providing more transparency and mandating coverage for fire-safe homes.

SB 1301 and SB 1076, addressing home insurance non-renewals, follow earlier proposals about smoke claim damage standards, the state's home insurance of last resort, and standards for prompt payment of ...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Assemblymember Mike Gipson have announced the Smoke Damage Recovery Act on Wednesday.

If enacted, noncompliant insurers would be removed from the state’s home and auto insurance markets for five years.

It is the second piece of legislation this session that asks the state to create first-of-its-kind standards to address toxic ...

The state’s uphill battle to draw insurers back could prove a template—or cautionary tale—for other disaster-prone states.

California lawmakers are weighing legislation that would set the country's first formal standards for handling smoke damage to homes, a move that could reshape wildfire-related claims and remediation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A year after CBS News California Investigates exposed secrecy inside the California FAIR Plan, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara ...