Getting Insured: Tips for finding home insurance in California
Getting Insured: Tips for finding home insurance in California

If 2024 is the year you can finally buy a new home, the next and maybe even greater challenge could very well be getting home insurance. Or perhaps you are a current homeowner and have been dropped by your insurance company. That’s what happened to…
California finalized its plan to ease home insurance crisis. Here’s what it means for rates
California finalized its plan to ease home insurance crisis. Here’s what it means for rates

When a major wildfire hits, insurance companies call on insurance of their own — and starting next year, they’ll be able to charge consumers for part of the millions of dollars they spend on it. Insurance companies purchase reinsurance for the same reasons homeowners purchase…
Liberty Mutual exiting condo, rental insurance market
Liberty Mutual exiting condo, rental insurance market

Liberty Mutual plans to stop offering condo and rental insurance policies in California over the next two years. One of the state’s largest insurers made three filings indicating the withdrawal of business in this category of coverage, the California Department of Insurance reported Dec. 20.…
Plans take shape for Colorado’s FAIR Plan “last resort” home insurance
Plans take shape for Colorado’s FAIR Plan “last resort” home insurance

The Colorado FAIR Plan is the first public insurance program to operate in the United States in 40 years to sell property insurance policies to those who cannot find coverage on the open market. Read more
Earthquake policyholders few despite quake risk
Earthquake policyholders few despite quake risk

North Bay property owners may be rethinking their insurance coverage following the 7.0 earthquake offthe coast of Humboldt County on Thursday morning. Despite experiencing 90% of the nation’s earthquakes, only 10% of California’s residents have earthquake insurance, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “I…
Liberty Mutual company Safeco drops condo coverage and renters insurance
Liberty Mutual company Safeco drops condo coverage and renters insurance

Another major insurance company is trimming its risk by refusing to sell more insurance to multifamily developments. The insurance commissioner promised a more stable and affordable market, but what we have right now are cross currents, contradictions, and chaos. Safeco is a branch of Liberty…
Franklin Fire Update In Malibu
Franklin Fire Update In Malibu

On Sunday, December 15, the LA County Sheriff’s Department posted on its Facebook page an update to the Franklin Fire. As of 9 a.m. @lacountyfd reported that acreage remains at 4,037, and containment is now at 42 percent. Teams have completed 95 percent of the…
Rockets to our rescue? New insurer uses physics to sell (not drop) home policies
Rockets to our rescue? New insurer uses physics to sell (not drop) home policies

Insurance is complicated, with long lawyerly contracts and jargon by the ream. To the average policyholder, it’s as complex as rocket science. And that’s exactly what a new insurance company is bringing to California’s insurance crisis: some rocket science. “This will be a new way…
Why California Insurers Are Being Forced Back Into Wildfire Zones
Why California Insurers Are Being Forced Back Into Wildfire Zones

California Introduces New Rules to Boost Wildfire Coverage in At-Risk Areas California has long struggled with providing adequate home insurance to residents living in wildfire-prone regions. After devastating fires in recent years and increasing climate risks, a new set of regulations aims to stabilize the…
Insuring your home has never been harder. Here’s how to do it.
Insuring your home has never been harder. Here’s how to do it.

Christina Temple moved to Truckee, California, to buy her first home. The small mountain town, a short drive from Lake Tahoe, offered the former preschool teacher and her husband, a carpenter, a shot at becoming middle class by escaping crushing housing costs near Santa Cruz,…
California issues landmark rules to improve home insurance market
California issues landmark rules to improve home insurance market

Landmark regulations intended to encourage insurers to write more policies in risky wildfire neighborhoods through the use of complex computer models were released Friday by the state. Under new rules intended to stabilize California’s troubled home insurance market, insurers will be able to set rates…
In a California “first,” Commissioner Lara announces enforcement of regulation to expand insurance coverage across state
In a California “first,” Commissioner Lara announces enforcement of regulation to expand insurance coverage across state

For Release: December 13, 2024 Media Calls Only: 916-492-3566 Email Inquiries: cdipress@insurance.ca.gov In a California “first,” Commissioner Lara announces enforcement of regulation to expand insurance coverage across state Homeowners and businesses will see greater availability, market stability, and recognition for wildfire safety through use of…
California’s Evolving Insurance Market: Is Relief on the Horizon?
California’s Evolving Insurance Market: Is Relief on the Horizon?

California’s home insurance market has been under immense pressure in recent years, leaving homeowners dealing with uncertainty about their coverage. Farmers Insurance, the state’s second-largest home insurer, recently announced a significant decision to expand the number of policies it writes each month. While it marks…
‘Mold, algae’: Insurer drops SF homeowners, citing aerial footage of roof that didn’t exist
‘Mold, algae’: Insurer drops SF homeowners, citing aerial footage of roof that didn’t exist

Have you been dropped by your insurer because of pictures taken of your house? 7 On Your Side investigates an insurance company who did that and looked into its use of aerial footage to make decisions on a local homeowner’s policy. Liberty Mutual Insurance says…
Farmers Insurance says they’ll write more policies as homeowners’ market improves
Farmers Insurance says they’ll write more policies as homeowners’ market improves

Farmers is California’s second-largest home insurer and the largest business insurer. It now says California’s “improved insurance marketplace” allows it to expand the number of policies it writes each month. But, does that mean California’s insurance drought is ending? With a total 8.4 million homes…
‘Mold, algae’: Insurer drops SF homeowners, citing aerial footage of roof that didn’t exist
‘Mold, algae’: Insurer drops SF homeowners, citing aerial footage of roof that didn’t exist

Have you been dropped by your insurer because of pictures taken of your house? 7 On Your Side investigates an insurance company who did that and looked into its use of aerial footage to make decisions on a local homeowner’s policy. Liberty Mutual Insurance says…
Farmers Insurance says it will add more policies in California
Farmers Insurance says it will add more policies in California

In a surprise announcement, California’s second-largest insurance provider, Farmers Insurance, says it is going to add more policies for property owners. Starting Saturday, Farmers told NBC Bay Area it will increase the number of new home insurance policies it accepts each month in California from…
Putting Florida more in line with national practices
Putting Florida more in line with national practices

Stacey Clark walks around her Bethel Creek home with her dog Sweetie on Oct. 15 after a tornado tore through her home Oct. 9 before Hurricane Milton passed through the area. Clark was in her home with Sweetie when the tornado ripped her roof off.…