Ricardo Lara, left, was sworn in as California's insurance commissioner by retired U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker during a ceremony in Sacramento. In the center is Lara's niece, Isabella.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara told state lawmakers on Wednesday that he expects California's insurance market to stabilize in 2026 and that the insurance companies have assured ...

U.S. Rep. John Garamendi, D-Richmond and Fairfield, told a Bay Area television station that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara “should go” if Lara won’t stand up to insurance ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is set to take questions from state lawmakers in the Assembly's Insurance Committee on Wednesday morning. The hearing, which ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara “provisionally” approved State Farm General’s request for an emergency 22% increase in its homeowners insurance rate Friday — but only if the ...

State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a closed meeting on March 11 with Dan Krause, State Farm's senior vice president for the West, that he was proposing granting the insurance giant ...

State Farm has given Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara a stark choice: Approve a rate increase consumer advocates say amounts to an average of $600 annually per household, or run the risk that ...

Read more California official's spending spree with insurance exec as LA burned The man tasked with holding insurance firms to account, Ricardo Lara, was feasting on sea urchin, lobster salpicón ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has banned insurance companies from canceling or not renewing polices for homeowners affected by the Palisades and Eaton fires for one year, his ...