The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) has praised the insurance industry after the release of ...

January 1, 2026 - Sacramento, Calif. - Beginning January 1, 2026, nine new laws sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California Department of Insurance will go into effect, ...

The California Department of Insurance continued the momentum toward improving insurance options statewide. The Department announced it had completed the review of three forward-looking wildfire ...

The California Department of Insurance has commissioned a task force to develop a first-in-the-nation smoke damage standard that could be the blueprint for a national standard. Once thought of as a ...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is finalizing his landmark Sustainable Insurance Strategy, a comprehensive plan aimed at addressing the state's insurance availability crisis. Today the Department ...

The California Department of Insurance (CDI) has approved the Verisk Wildfire Model for insurers to assess wildfire risk, marking a significant advancement in California's insurance sector. This model ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara approved a plan to increase temporary fees for most California home and fire insurance customers to bail out the Golden State's last-resort fire ...

New Safe Homes grants program, taking effect on Jan. 1, 2026, could begin taking applications in the spring, CA insurance department says.

After a year of significant upheaval in California’s property insurance sector, five major insurers are set to return to the state, marking a turning point in the ongoing crisis. In a move that aims ...

Consumer and taxpayer advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog announced Tuesday that it is suing the California Department of Insurance and its commissioner, Ricardo Lara, over what it calls ...

Citing data released by the CDI on Dec. 31, Ritter said insurers have paid more than $22.4 billion across 42,121 wildfire ...

Two lawsuits allege major home insurance companies have colluded to limit coverage in wildfire-prone California communities and force homeowners onto the state's last-resort insurance plan . As more ...