Exclusive: California insurance commissioner unsure whether fires will delay statewide relief from reforms
The Los Angeles fires have cast uncertainty over when the insurance crisis buffeting the entire state will ease, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara told the Chronicle during an interview Saturday in Santa Monica,
Here's what not to do if your California home was damaged, destroyed by wildfire
If your home or business was damaged or destroyed in a wildfire, California Insurance Commissioner Richard Lara says don't sign anything right away.
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State official Ricardo Lara warns of fraud targeting survivors of LA wildfires
Workshops on Jan. 18 and Jan. 25 in Pasadena and Santa Monica will help homeowners understand their insurance policies.
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Commissioner Lara Expands Moratorium Protecting More Wildfire Survivors
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara expanded emergency insurance protections for Southern California homeowners, adding new ZIP Codes to those
Los Angeles residents grapple with long recovery as firefighters make gains in wildfire battle
As weather conditions improve and firefighters make progress in containing the Los Angeles wildfires, hazards remain at the site of each blaze. Follow for live updates.
California's FAIR Plan faces financial strain amid Los Angeles wildfire crisis
As wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles County, concerns are mounting over the financial capacity of California's insurer of last resort, the FAIR Plan, to handle what will likely be a massive influx of fire claims.
Will California insurance reforms be enough to stop insurers from leaving?
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said new regulations will keep homeowners insured. Some of the new efforts give insurance companies more leeway in raising rates, while allowing them to use computer modeling to forecast risk and to incorporate their own “reinsurance” costs from backup providers in setting future premiums.
California Insurer Canceled Policies Months Before Los Angeles Wildfires
State Farm, one of the biggest insurers in California, canceled hundreds of homeowners' policies last summer in Pacific Palisades—the same area which is now being ravaged by a devastating wildfire.
State Farm expands renewal offers to all L.A. County policyholders slated to have been dropped
State Farm, California's largest home insurer, said Thursday it will offer renewals to all of its 250,000 L.A. County residential policyholders slated to have been dropped, not just those in fire rava
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California’s insurance is in crisis. The solution will cost homeowners a ton
Lynne Levin-Guzman stood in the front yard of her 90-year-old parents’ home in Los Angeles County ... State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and consumer groups say. Insurers in California have been refusing to write new policies in areas they ...
Teams being deployed to prevent, prosecute insurance fraud after fires
Los Angeles Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a "rapid response effort" to prevent insurance fraud after the devastating fires.
CA congressman calls out state's insurance boss to implement rate freeze amid crisis: 'Do your job'
"Get off your butt and do your job," says former California Insurance Commissioner, Rep. John Garamendi to current Commissioner Ricardo Lara as wildfire damage calls into question the stability of the state's insurance market.