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 ...

Two California senators have asked for an investigation into the state insurance department's handling of complaints filed by ...

The Life Insurance Consumer Advocacy Center (LICAC) has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Insurance (CDI) for violations of the California Public Records Act. LICAC has repeatedly ...

California’s largest insurance reform in over 30 years is being implemented through regulations passed by the Department of Insurance’s Sustainable Insurance Strategy (“SIS”). These changes address ...

There are 15 candidates vying to be the state's top insurance regulator, a hot seat as thousands of LA residents try tapping insurance to help them recover from wildfires.

In our ongoing Q&A series with California Insurance Commissioner candidates, this week we bring you answers provided to us by teacher Lalo Vargas.

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Today Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara enforced his “first of its kind” catastrophe modeling and ...

The Department of Insurance approved a 6.9% rate increase for Mercury Insurance and CSAA Insurance Group in December 2025. By the end of 2025, the FAIR Plan had added over 21,000 policies to its ...

MAKE HOME INSURANCE MORE AVAILABLE AND MORE AFFORDABLE IN CALIFORNIA. MORE AND MORE HOMEOWNERS ARE GETTING DUMPED BY THEIR INSURANCE COMPANIES. AND TODAY HOMEOWNERS ARE SHARING THEIR OPINIONS ON THE ...

The wildfires ravaging Southern California are expected to add further fuel to the state's ongoing insurance crisis, as residents' options for property coverage continue to dwindle or even disappear.