Marital status has long been used to calculate car insurance rates, but that could be about to change—and single drivers could reap the benefits.

The proposed changes would mean auto insurance rates are determined by only three factors: a driver's safety record, the ...

Insurance companies are starting to write new policies in California again after years of holding back as wildfire risks ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, in a reversal, will no longer allow auto insurers to consider marital status ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that he is barring auto insurers from considering marital status in ...

The proposal would eliminate a 30-year-old practice where unmarried drivers pay up to $100 more for identical coverage ...

LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog is asking the Office of Administrative Law to reject Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's proposed intervenor regulations unless the ...

LOS ANGELES, April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ignoring the protests of 32 consumer protection, labor, senior, immigrant, low-income, and public advocacy organizations, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo ...

LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has withdrawn his proposed regulations attacking California's consumer intervenor system after Consumer Watchdog twice ...

LOS ANGELES, July 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A divided California Court of Appeal today upheld Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara's decision to allow insurance companies to charge Californians more for ...

The two companies, which pulled back from issuing policies in the state after a series of destructive wildfires, have new coverage proposals.

The California Department of Insurance calls itself the largest consumer protection agency in the state, with nearly 1,400 employees regulating home, auto and other insurance. But the election to ...