The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) has praised the insurance industry after the release of ...

The California Department of Insurance continued the momentum toward improving insurance options statewide. The Department announced it had completed the review of three forward-looking wildfire ...

Strong regulation can hold insurance companies accountable and empower customers, while ample choice and competition prevent price gouging.

January 1, 2026 - Sacramento, Calif. - Beginning January 1, 2026, nine new laws sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California Department of Insurance will go into effect, ...

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 ...

The wildfires ravaging Southern California are expected to add further fuel to the state's ongoing insurance crisis, as ...

California will soon force insurance companies that stopped providing coverage over growing wildfire risks to start writing policies again if they want to continue doing business in the Golden ...

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 California Department of Insurance (CDI) has approved the Verisk Wildfire Model for insurers to assess wildfire risk, marking a significant advancement in California's insurance sector. This model ...

Citing data released by the CDI on Dec. 31, Ritter said insurers have paid more than $22.4 billion across 42,121 wildfire ...