September 14, 2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday ordered insurers to preserve residential insurance coverage for more than 15,000 policyholders affected by fires in Del Norte County and Siskiyou County after Gov. Gavin Newsom issued emergency declarations last month. The commissioner’s …
July 12, 2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a decision regarding the workers’ compensation insurance pure premium rate filing that average $1.46 per $100 of payroll, 2.6% below the average of the approved September 1, 2022 advisory pure premium rates. The Workers’ …
June 30, 2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara awarded $50,545,239 in grants to 34 district attorney offices representing 44 counties in the state to combat insurance fraud. The grants, funded through annual employer assessments, support law enforcement efforts in investigating and prosecuting fraud. …
June 21, 2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara appointed new members Janise Graham and Doug Smith, as well as reappointed members Monique Howard and Sandra Moriarty to the Curriculum Board. Lara also appointed Nona Tirre Miranda to the California Automobile Assigned Risk Plan …
June 15, 2023
A webinar briefing hosted by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara this week to ease concerns about deteriorating market conditions left insurance agents with more questions than answers, according to a group that represents agents. Agents are experiencing difficulty placing automobile …
June 2, 2023
The regulation of property/casualty insurance in California has been an epic failure—look no further than the state of the market for personal automobile and homeowners insurance. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara’s automobile insurance rate moratorium and refusal to process rate …
May 26, 2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a decision this week regarding the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Sept. 1, 2023 regulatory filing. The Commissioner approved all of the WCIRB’s proposed changes to: the California Workers’ Compensation Uniform Statistical …
May 17, 2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower on Monday announced the resolution of criminal charges filed against Golden Food Inc in a plea agreement in which the company admitted to a litany of labor violations, including …
March 30, 2023
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the California FAIR Plan Association agreed to more than double its existing commercial coverage limits to $20 million for businesses unable to find coverage in the normal insurance marketplace. Lara and the FAIR Plan …
March 9, 2023
PCF Insurance Services in Lehi, Utah, named Jenni Lee Crocker president. Crocker was PCF’s senior vice president, growth and operations for the past year. She will remain on the board of directors at PCF after completing her two-year tenure as …