U.S. states have set up insurers to provide protection in disaster-prone areas that private insurance has avoided. They are taking on more risks as calamities become widespread.
The charges stem from a mandated $1 billion bailout by insurance companies of the state’s last-resort insurance program, ...
California has some of the nation’s strongest consumer laws. The insurance commissioner simply hasn’t enforced them.
Two Hollywood producers who owned a Malibu residence that burned down in the Palisades Fire have filed a cross-complaint against a judgment creditor asking a judge to find that they and not the ...
In recent years, hundreds of thousands of Californians have purchased home insurance from a state-managed "last resort" insurance pool that has grown rapidly as private insurance companies have fled ...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A New York Times investigation has found Insurance Commissioner Lara's 2023 plan to deal with California's insurance crisis incentivized insurance companies ...