California and four other states are investigating the problem of wildfire survivors not having enough insurance to rebuild ...

Sacramento, CA — California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has created a new Smoke Claims and Remediation Task Force. It ...

Thousands of wildfire survivors whose smoke-related claims were denied by the FAIR Plan could now appeal to receive payments.

Last Tuesday, June 24th, a Superior Court judge ruled that the California Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan ...

"The FAIR Plan needs to be a temporary option, not the only option," Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said.

The California Department of Insurance has commissioned a task force to develop a first-in-the-nation smoke damage standard ...

After California's own insurer of last resort was held liable for smoke claims, and a probe of State Farm was launched, a new ...

Before the world watched on as wildfires engulfed large swathes of California early in 2025, an insurance crisis was already ...

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara says the California Department of Insurance is investigating the FAIR Plan's handling of ...

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara continues to advance a comprehensive reform package of the FAIR Plan in his ...

Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced greater transparency to come for FAIR Plan data, plus a broadening of coverage to ...

Reps with the state’s home insurer of last resort said an appeal was unlikely in the court ruling, which said it violated ...