The clash escalates a long-running feud between Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the consumer groups amid a spiraling ...

California regulators are going after the FAIR Plan over systematic denials of smoke damage claims, which critics say is ...

The California Department of Insurance oversees the FAIR Plan to ensure compliance with state law and fair treatment of policyholders. Violations cited in the legal action include misrepresenting ...

A new policy lets insurers account for climate change in determining risk and setting premiums. "A big step forward," one researcher said.

Millions of Californians in fire-risk areas have lost property insurance through non-renewals, and cost of an average premium ...

A longtime customer of Farmers Insurance is facing a nearly 400% increase in her yearly homeowner’s insurance premium.

Key approvals underway at the California Department of Insurance will clear the way for major insurers to request rate hikes.

California introduces wildfire catastrophe model to stabilize insurance. Find out how this affects homeowners, as premiums ...

Six months after the Jan. 7 fire storms that killed at least 30 people, frustrations are mounting among many homeowners over how the state's largest insurer is handling their damage claims.

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 ...

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.

A Order to Show Cause was filed by the California Department of Insurance against the California FAIR Plan Association after numerous consumer complaints showed a pattern of denying smoke damage ...