During Orinda homeowner Yasaman Nazmi Lee’s home-insurance saga — one of millions playing out across California as the age of mega-fires drives insurers to pull back from coverage and raise prices — ...

From fraud to wildfires, lawsuits and climate disasters dominated property and casualty insurance news in 2025.

A California appeals court has limited the authority of Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to administratively expand the basic coverage provided by the state’ s property insurer of last resort, the ...

Mercury Insurance is the state’s first to use a process that allows climate modeling to expand coverage in wildfire-prone areas. One of California’s largest property insurers pledged to sell ...

A California appeals court this month turned down an effort by Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara to force the state's ...

As destructive wildfires have ravaged California over the past decade, the insurance industry has dropped hundreds of thousands of homeowners statewide, hiked premiums, and, in some cases, stopped ...

New data shows record numbers of Californians cannot get coverage from insurance companies and must rely on the state insurer of last resort. California appears to have supplanted Florida as the state ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Insurance Commissioner Lara’s 2023 regulatory overhaul promised to ease California’s insurance crisis but instead ...

For years, California’s insurance market has been in crisis, as providers struggle to pay out claims from catastrophic wildfires. Some insurance companies have left the state entirely, leaving ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Newsom orders study examining utility wildfire liability caps and a state insurance fund amid climate change ...

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